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Greetings glorious Ashes of Creation community! We are excited to provide you all with a guide to Alpha Two. In this article, you will learn about the testing schedule, the available content for testing, and much more! This test will not have an NDA, meaning testers are allowed to stream, and share their gameplay. We strongly encourage you all to provide as much feedback as possible, so our team can continue to iterate on vital components of the game. If you do not have Alpha Two access, take a look at our shop for the various bundles that you can purchase, and keep an eye on our social media channels for giveaways!

Viewers got a preview of Lionhold, the starting area players will experience, and a guide to Alpha Two which covered what features players can expect at the launch.

We broadcasted our Ashes of Creation August Development Update live on Twitch on Friday, August 30, 2024 with our Creative Director, Steven Sharif, and our Director of Communications, Margaret Krohn. Viewers got to experience a glimpse into Citadel of the Steel Bloom along with Firebrand, one of our raid bosses! The team talked about Intrepid Studios' plans as we head towards Alpha Two, and answered a plethora of questions.

Due to the community’s request, the amazing work of our Network Team, and their Server Meshing Technology, we will be expanding our Alpha Two capacity on Wednesday, August 21, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. Pacific. During this update, we’ll be unlocking 3 new bundles - First Wave Bundle, Second Wave Bundle, and Third Wave Bundle.

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.

We broadcasted our Ashes of Creation July Development Update live on Twitch on Wednesday, July 31, 2024 with our Creative Director, Steven Sharif, and our Director of Communications, Margaret Krohn. Viewers got to see their FIRST preview of our Bard Archetype which went over many unique abilities, archetype features, and then a combat showcase in a new area called the Daragal Estates where players got to watch the archetype in action! As well as, answered a plethora of questions, and provided an update on our studio with progress towards Alpha Two.

On Wednesday, July 3, 2024, we broadcasted our Ashes of Creation June Development Update live on Twitch with Steven Sharif (Creative Director), Bryan Langford (Executive Producer) and Margaret Krohn (Director of Communications) where we provided an in-depth overview of our server meshing technology. Afterwards, we shared news on upcoming testing, studio updates, glorious art from our character team, and answered many community questions.

We broadcasted our Ashes of Creation May Development Update live on Twitch on Friday, May 31, 2024 with our Creative Director, Steven Sharif, and our Director of Communications, Margaret Krohn. Viewers got to see an early preview of our Node Wars system which showcased a mayor of one node starting an accelerated war between another node with PvE objectives that were contested by PvP competition! We also answered a plethora of questions, and provided an update on our studio with progress towards Alpha Two.

On May 10, 2024, our our Creative Director, Steven Sharif, did a live Community AMA on the Ashes of Creation Twitch channel with some of the amazing content creators in our community - Jamie Kaos, Sunny from LoreForged, NyceGaming, and Vlhadus!