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Achievements
Achievements record things of note that happen in Ashes of Creation.[1]
- Server first achievements, such as significant boss kills.[1][2]
- Guild achievements, such as guild hall ownership.[1]
- Certain titles will unlock special abilities or stats during sieges and events.[3]
- There will be a mix of character-based and account-based achievements.[4]
- There may be visible items on a character that relate to Titles or Achievements.[5]
- Players will be able to view a historical listing of mayors of a node.[1]
- The achievement System should record things of note so that people are able to etch their name, or their guild, in the history of the server; and mayorship would be one of those things.[1] – Steven Sharif
 | Some of the following information has not been recently confirmed by the developers and may not be on the current development roadmap. |
- Some achievements will be tracked across multiple server realms, not just for guilds or groups.[2]
- It redefines what the players will experience in an MMORPG to come into a wilderness that is devoid of really any structure outside of what the community creates themselves; and then what can be created can be changed, if they want to experience a storyline that's been seen on another server, but you're fighting a dragon because you're near a mountain and the other server's fighting a Kraken because they're near the coast and you want to fight that Kraken because of its drop table. If you want to meta it or because you just want that under your belt: to be the server first to take out that Kraken and you have yet to develop the node there, it's incumbent upon you to manifest that in the game.[6] – Steven Sharif
Titles
Titles are unlocked by achievements in aspects of the game.[7]
- Social organizations.[7][8]
- Religions.[7][9][3][10]
- Guilds.[7]
- Guild leaders.[7][11]
- Guild officers.[7][12]
- Knights.[12]
- Guild castles.[9]
- Node leadership.[7][13]
- Mayor.[13]
- Priests, bishops or acolytes in certain temples.[3][10]
- Patron guild leader.[10]
- Chief bounty hunter.[10]
- Node sieges / Events
There's social organizations, there's religions, there's Mayor, there's Kings and Queens, there's Guild Leaders, there's Guild officers: All of those can incorporate particular types of titles that grant you access to certain things; and that's part of our risk versus reward. That's part of our not everybody gets a trophy. These are achievements that we want you to strive for and there's plenty of those types of achievements within the game because there's lots of nodes and there's lots of different pseudo factions that exist that you get to identify and say "Oh I'd like to do that particular thing very well and better than others." And you can strive to do so.[7] – Steven Sharif
Node leadership titles
There are a number of different seats that can exist within a node, and carry different responsibilities.[15] – Steven Sharif
Node leadership positions (also referred to as Node government positions) are attained through seasonal titles that grant special powers and benefits within a node.[16][17][15][10][18]
- There are other node-based positions. Most of them relate to social organizational structures like the temple and the social organization building that the node might construct. Those are ladder systems of achievement that players can work through on a seasonal basis to achieve the highest level of that for the particular node; and by doing so they will then have titles bestowed upon them, which grants certain types of powers and benefits.[17] – Steven Sharif
- Mayors.[13]
- Priests, bishops, or acolytes of temples.[17][3][10]
- Social organization positions.[17]
- Patron guild leaders.[10]
- Chief bounty hunter.[10]
World history
| Some of the following information has not been recently confirmed by the developers and may not be on the current development roadmap. |
The history of each server realm will be tracked and visible to players in a node's library.[20][21]
- This design may have changed.[22]
- We're gonna keep track of the history of the world so that we can tell people the story up to the current day. A player who's brand new, who's come in at the six-month mark can take a look at each server, what each server has done, how each server has tackled the storyline; and they can decide for themselves what community they want to join; what version of the world that they want to take part in.[21] – Jeffrey Bard
- Scribes may be able to collect and record information about the events of the world as they see it from their point of view.[23]
Memory fragments
Server-firsts within a server's story arc will be able to be captured and collected on memory fragments that players can collect in-game so they may relive their experiences.[24]
- We're going to leverage tech that captures at the moment when something server-first is done in the story arc; and those will be recorded on these memory fragments that players can collect within the game through their experiences and relive potentially.[24] – Steven Sharif
Libraries
At Village (stage 3) the academic node's unique building is the Library.[20]
- Information about the world will be presented directly to players through the world map UI.[22] Previously the Library was used to access information about the world, such as the history of significant narrative events, locations of gatherable resources, dungeons, and POIs.[20]
- In the past we talked about having a library that was capable of facilitating players exchanging information for map data like that, but we've moved a little bit more in a direction of just presenting that information up front to the player, because travel is such a meaningful portion of the game and we don't have fast travel. So, I think that for Alpha-2 what's planned is that we're going to be showcasing the intricate details of services offered at these node locations from just a UI presentation standpoint within the map.[22] – Steven Sharif
| Some of the following information has not been recently confirmed by the developers and may not be on the current development roadmap. |
Players can use the Library to access information, including (but not limited to) the following:[20]
Relics
Relics are discoverable items that provide bonuses and benefits to nodes and their citizens.[26][27][28]
- There are different types and rarities of relics. Some may be automatically granted to nodes upon discovery, others may require transportation back to the node as cargo (via caravans, merchant ships, or mules). Some exclusive relics may need to be fought over or stolen.[26] Previously it was stated that relics automatically manifest in the node's reliquary when specific conditions are met by that node. For example, it may require a certain number of citizens to accomplish a particular achievement a number of times before the relic is granted to the node.[27][29]
- Q: I'm curious to know if the intended mechanics or design for relics have changed during development? When Steven picked up the relic, was it automatically put into the nodes reliquary or is this something the player does when they return to the node?
- A: They're talking about the Firebrand egg is that what they're referencing? So the relic system is still having some outstanding feature work that's necessary and there are different types of relics that can be acquired. Generally the way that relics will be surfaced is through our cargo system, which means that you will be required to either have a mule or a caravan, or later down the road depending on the size of the relic perhaps a merchant ship that can facilitate the dimensions of the relic; and it does conform to the spatial grid confinements of the cargo space in the Caravan or other cargo hold that you will then have to bring back to the node. You can be interrupted through PvP with that transition if you want to. There might also be some relics, upon completion of the quest or completion of the task, that just automatically get granted to the node. It depends on what the purpose of the relic is. There's a lot of common relics out there and there's a lot of exclusive relics that need to be fought over or potentially stolen, or pursued if a node acquires it.[26] – Steven Sharif
- Relics stored in a node's reliquary grant passive and active benefits to citizens of the node and its vassals.[26][30]
- Some relics offer AoE buffs (such as damage, attack range, or health). There is some flexibility in choosing the types and range that these buffs may offer.[26][31][32]
- Q: While most or the majority of relics will benefit all citizens of a node and their vassal nodes, will there be relics that only benefit patron guilds of a node and its vassal nodes?
- A: There aren't any planned right now that just focus on benefiting those groups, however there is flexibility in the relic system where you can assign different types of benefits to different types of groups. That is functionality that we want to preserve for relics: the types of buffs that they grant, whether it be zone of influence wide or down to just individual groups.[26] – Steven Sharif
- Some relics allow citizens to craft certain legendary items and progress in certain legendary questlines.[27][28]
- Relics are embodiments of certain types of achievements. You may have the scale of a dragon that's been defeated- the all-scale aspect of it- and from that every week a citizen might be able to derive one scale material component that can be used across a plethora of high-end types of crafting.[27] – Steven Sharif
- Relics don't grant benefits to the carrier while being transported.[26]
- Q: If a found relic is not automatically sent to the reliquary are there any benefits provided to the carrier while it is in their possession?
- A: No. The relic isn't meant to be kept or hoarded by an individual. It's a hot potato. You want to get that thing back to a safe space and until you do that you're in jeopardy.[26] – Steven Sharif
- Relics can be awarded for accomplishments that span many different progression paths, such the number of citizens achieving advanced stages of their artisan classes.[27]
- The other component of relics that's important to note is that it's not just adventuring relics, these are accomplishments that span a lot of the different progression paths. So you could have accomplishments get unlocked by how many number of citizens achieve the creation of a particular type of item. You may have now an alchemical genius that is a citizen of your node and as a result there is an alchemical relic that's been granted to your reliquary in a similar fashion to the dragon.[27] – Steven Sharif
- Limited access to the relics stored in a node's reliquary are granted to players after a node is destroyed by a node siege.[33][34][27][29][35][36][37] Benefits are also conferred to those who capture, steal, or sabotage relics held the reliquary.[30]
- Looting a relic from a node will create a shard of the relic, which can be used in recipes for certain crafted items and enchantments; or it can be consumed for a single-use buff that reflects the original relic's purpose.[38] These shards can be traded.[39]
- Relics include the four Ancient artifacts of Verra that were originally discovered by King Atrax in his pursuit of the power of The Essence.[40][41]
- These artifacts were in close alignment to The Essence on Verra due to their proximity to the ley lines of Essence spread across the world.[42]
- These artifacts were originally housed in the vault of Fallow's Hold, which is one of the great dungeons of Ashes of Creation, located near the capital city of the ancient Toren empire, Torall.[42]
- Constellations enable the acquisition of certain relics.[43]
- Certain relics can only be discovered through exploration.[44]
Ancient artifacts
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This is not the Staff of the Ancients per-se, it's a staff... Here in the curvature and design of this staff you'll see that it has a very specific and unique looking type of mold so-to-speak. So there could be some relationship between these designs of the staves and/or weapons that you'll see, which are used to harness or focus the use of the Essence, or magic; and how perhaps those structures relate to the types of magic that those creatures are using.[46] – Steven Sharif
The Ancient artifacts of Verra were originally discovered by King Atrax in his pursuit of the power of The Essence.[40][41] These artifacts were in close alignment to The Essence on Verra due to their proximity to the ley lines of Essence spread across the world.[42] These artifacts were originally housed in the vault of Fallow's Hold, which is one of the great dungeons of Ashes of Creation, located near the capital city of the ancient Toren empire, Torall.[42] They are now considered relics that can be acquired by nodes and housed in their reliquary.[40][41]
- The Golden Chalice was believed to bring everlasting life but was actually allowing the corruption of manipulating The Essence to enter the soul through the physical representation of drinking something.[40]
- The Crown represented a direct link The Ancients had into the thought process of King Atrax that the Ancients were able to manipulate.[40]
- The Sword brought unusual power through manipulation of the evil side of the Essence, which is how Atrax maintained his dominance over his people: through physical might, essentially striking down any foe that opposed him among his administration.[40]
- The Staff enabled Atrax to project his magic across great distances, which enabled him to extend his power and manipulation throughout the lands of Verra and allowed him to maintain vigilance over his realm.[40]
- The Toren Godspike is an artifact that could initiate a fissure that can siphon out Essence that lies within Verra. It is used as a PvP objective in certain node war types.[47][45][48]
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Metrics
Ashes of Creation gathers tracking data to facilitate achievements, titles and other accolades on a server realm.[49]
- Number of successful siege defenses.[49]
- Number of successful siege assaults.[49]
- Number of PvP kills.[50][49]
- Number of PvP deaths.[50]
- Raid participation points.[49]
- Number of firsts.[49]
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Visibility of those types of things on the server help to promote a competitive atmosphere. If there is an attainable impression that you can work towards, so that others know your success, you have more drive to succeed.[49] – Steven Sharif
Leaderboards
Players will be able to opt-in to track certain achievements on leaderboards, such as.[51]
- Dungeons completed.[51][52]
- Raids completed.[51][52]
- PvP kills.[51]
- Caravans raided.[51]
- Gathering activity.[51]
Leaderboards may be seasonal.[52]
- We have many dreams that we want to do with game-to-web and game-to-mobile in regards to showing stats and being making things shareable for you. We know how social media works; how sharing content with friends works. But those things will come in due time.[51] – Margaret Krohn
| Some of the following information has not been recently confirmed by the developers and may not be on the current development roadmap. |
- Some leaderboards will be across all server realms.[2]
Trophy park
| Some of the following information has not been recently confirmed by the developers and may not be on the current development roadmap. |
Trophy park is an area within Town, City or Metropolis nodes that has available spots for trophies. These trophies show the character names of players who are the first to complete world bosses and dungeon bosses that were spawned as the result of the development of that particular node.[53]
- Server announcements and achievements are designed to encourage groups to experience new content.[53]
See also
References
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- ↑ Livestream, July 9, 2018 (47:17).
- ↑ Podcast, August 4, 2018 (59:23).
- ↑ Livestream, May 22, 2017 (28:02).
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 Livestream, June 25, 2021 (1:35:08).
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- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Livestream, May 26, 2017 (37:17).
- ↑ 10.00 10.01 10.02 10.03 10.04 10.05 10.06 10.07 10.08 10.09 10.10 Livestream, July 26, 2019 (1:20:48).
- ↑ Livestream, May 17, 2017 (58:18).
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Livestream, September 27, 2018 (55:39).
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Livestream, November 17, 2017 (9:49).
- ↑ Livestream, March 28, 2020 (1:02:46).
- ↑ 15.0 15.1
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- ↑ MMOGames interview, January 2017
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- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 20.5 20.6 Blog: Know Your Nodes - Scientific Node Type
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 Interview, April 20, 2018 (9:20).
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 Livestream, September 29, 2023 (1:14:29).
- ↑ Livestream, May 26, 2017 (51:37).
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 Livestream, January 27, 2023 (4:18).
- ↑ Video, August 30, 2024 (23:32).
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 26.3 26.4 26.5 26.6 26.7 Livestream, September 27, 2024 (16:02).
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 27.3 27.4 27.5 27.6 Podcast, September 29, 2021 (10:49).
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 Livestream, February 9, 2018 (29:26).
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 Interview, July 18, 2020 (56:11).
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 Livestream, April 29, 2022 (27:00).
- ↑ Livestream, July 25, 2020 (1:22:40).
- ↑ Livestream, June 26, 2020 (1:33:10).
- ↑ Livestream, October 14, 2022 (52:31).
- ↑ Podcast, September 29, 2021 (14:21).
- ↑ Interview, July 8, 2020 (57:46).
- ↑ Livestream, April 30, 2020 (1:14:44).
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- ↑ 40.0 40.1 40.2 40.3 40.4 40.5 40.6 Livestream, November 8, 2020 (15:01).
- ↑ 41.0 41.1 41.2 Livestream, November 8, 2020 (00:49).
- ↑ 42.0 42.1 42.2 42.3 Livestream, November 8, 2020 (07:58).
- ↑ Video, December 2, 2022 (11:11).
- ↑ Livestream, February 24, 2023 (6:51).
- ↑ 45.0 45.1 Livestream, March 29, 2024 (2:21:10).
- ↑ 46.0 46.1 Livestream, November 30, 2020 (52:56).
- ↑ Video, May 31, 2024 (57:56).
- ↑
- ↑ 49.0 49.1 49.2 49.3 49.4 49.5 49.6 Podcast, August 4, 2018 (1:47:21).
- ↑ 50.0 50.1
- ↑ 51.0 51.1 51.2 51.3 51.4 51.5 51.6 Livestream, May 31, 2023 (2:21).
- ↑ 52.0 52.1 52.2 Livestream, July 18, 2017 (58:50).
- ↑ 53.0 53.1 Podcast, August 4, 2018 (1:35:58).
