Upcoming ArcheAge Update 5.1 Revamps Hero System, Abyssal Library, Pirate Factions, And More

January 15, 2019 Marc Marasigan Comments

The ArcheAge community has been holding its breath since Gamigo acquired Trion World last year, especially since the devs have been eerily quiet these past few months. Archeage Producer Tinen explained in a recent forum post that they’re still working on transitioning from Trion Worlds to Gamigo. “The team has also been hard at work with the next update, which is 5.1,” says Tinen.

Update 5.1 is scheduled to go live on January 16^th and will introduce a new version of the Abyssal Library dungeon, a revamped Hero System, Pirate Faction changes, and new Golden Plains Battle rules. The update will also increase the tax rate for constructing in hostile faction zones from 100% to 300% a change that was first went rolled out in the Korean version of the game.

Abyssal Library Dungeon: The Library is receiving a revamp in the form of a 5-man dungeon, in which players can obtain new Library Equipment. The previous version of the library will remain available on legacy servers.

Hero System Revamp: The hero system is receiving new systems – the first part of which has already been put in place with the reduction in the number of heroes per server. Heroes will have NEW (corrected) abilities and missions specific to their role, such as forcing some of the southern continent zones between tension, conflict, war and peace!

Pirate Faction Changes: Pirates are becoming a more fleshed out nation with this update. Gone are the days of committing crimes to become a pirate. Now, players will join a nation with limited numbers via a quest and leaving it will also require a quest. Neutral guards will no longer be aggressive to pirates.

Golden Plains Battle: The Halcyona Golden Plains Battle is now separated into an arena that will be available twice a day, similar to Mistmerrow. Players will be able to join directly via the arena menu or by visiting an arena manager when it is active.

Meanwhile, the Auction House is now closed in preparation for the update.

The full details of the update will be available in the upcoming patch notes. You can also check out the ArcheAge official forums for more info.