Skyforge’s Ascension update is quickly approaching and among the new features is the Council – a political system that put players in charge of electing representatives that will take charge of Aelion for a certain period of time! There’s still plenty of time to convince your friends that, even though you always miss your cue for buffs, you’re clearly the right person to run an entire planet! Of course, seeing as the actual elections will be settled among the immortals, why not get some practice in among the common folk?

From September 22nd to October 6th, we’re inviting the community to create your very own speech directed towards the citizens of Aelion explaining why you should be a member of the council! Of course, we won’t leave the best speech writers go home empty handed!

HOW TO PARTICIPATE

• Create a speech of no more than 500 words that best explains to Aelion’s citizens why you should be appointed as a council member!
• Submit your speech in the official A Born Leader aelinet thread before October 6th at 23:59 CEST/11:59pm PDT

PRIZES

RULES & REGULATIONS

• Participants must submit their entry to the official A Born Leader aelinet thread before October 6th at 23:59 CEST/11:59pm PDT
• Participants can submit one (1) entry to the contest.
• Entries must be no longer than five hundred (500) words.
• Entries cannot contain any copyrighted material with the only exception to material copyrighted by My.com & Skyforge.
• Entries cannot contain any material that violates the Skyforge Forum Code of Conduct, Forum Terms of Service or My.com account Terms of Service.
• Using multiple accounts to submit additional entries on the Skyforge forums is prohibited. Anyone found using multiple accounts will be disqualified and their second account will be permanently banned from the forum.
• Winners will be determined by the subjective judgement of the Skyforge team.

Aelion’s inhabitants look forward to hearing from all the potential candidates!

The Mechanoids have returned to Aelion to in another attempt to wipe us from existence.

Invasions are a large-scale activity available to all players who have received access to their Divine Form. Characters who successfully increase their rankings in the Laboratory for each invading army will be provided access to new Invasion-specific adventures. While it is not possible to “lose” an Invasion that does not have an accompanying Avatar, the event will still require commitment from the players to reach their maximum potential: Equipment can be improved, new Symbols will be available, stats can be drastically increased, and you’ll even learn who your worthiest companions truly are!

While an Invasion is active, two special assignments will be available to your Adepts every 8 hours. The first will provide Gifts, bring new followers to your Order, and award 12 Faith Points to those that have unlocked their Divine Form. The second awards 10 Victor’s Medals which functions as a special currency used to buy various goods in the Invasion section of the marketplace.

Your loyal Adepts are not the only ones who will be busy with special assignments – during the Invasion you will have special tasks waiting for you as well! Theses missions will appear on the Divine Observatory globe and cycle every day to provide new opportunities depending on your level of research within the Laboratory.

• Rank 1 – Screening Field Generator & Defense of Fortifications
• Rank 4 – Lending a Hand
• Rank 6 – Crashed Aircraft
• Rank 8 – Crash Site
• Rank 12 – Flagship of the Mechanoids
• Rank 15 – Coming of Integrator & Integrator’s Avatar

Completing any of the Invasion Adventures will net you special rewards for the maximum rating obtained!

• C Rating – 10 Sparks of Divinity
• B Rating – Reliquary containing Sparks of Insight
• A Rating – 10 Sparks of Divinity
• S Rating – A uniquely colored costume obtainable only from that adventure!

Please note that these rewards can only be obtained once!

Participation in Invasion Adventures will earn the player Eidoses which can be used in the aforementioned Laboratory to expand their Knowledge of the Mechanoids. This Knowledge, in turn, can be used on one half of the Mechanoid Atlas to increase your Resistances, increase general statistics, and further empower your Invasion symbols or talents.

Players who do not possess sufficient Rankings or the Divine Form can still participate in Aelion’s defense by visiting Adventures that are inhabited by Mechanoids such as:

• Factory 501
• Saiban Archipelago
• Palon Prototype Plant
• Facility 902

Completion of these Adventures will result in obtaining Tokens for that invading Army which, in turn, will unlock Sparks required for expanding one side of Mechanoid Atlas. The more tokens obtained, the more Sparks will be rewarded. Your current progression can be viewed at any time by selecting the Invasion’s marker in the Divine Observatory.

Some of the most notable nodes available in the Mechanoid Atlas include:

• “Electrostatic Attacks: Damage” – Enemies struck by your Impulse charge will take damage in 2 seconds if they do not move.
• “Electromagnetic Pulse” – Impulse damage inflicted to shields is increased by 25%
• “Dazzling Flare” – Taking damage has a chance to blind all enemies within an 8 yard radius.
• “Shock Emitter” – In PvP, your attacks reduce damage inflicted by the enemy by 15/17/19/21/23/25% and may decrease their control resistance by 10/12/14/16/18/20%. The amount is dependent on the Symbol’s level.
• “The Might of Other Worlds” – Increases Might Efficiency by 3% per level of this Symbol

Additionally, upon completion of the first Invasion related activity players will be placed into an active Operation. Operations will provide players both personal goals as well as total progression goals for all players taking part. Meeting these goals allows the player to gain extra rewards and potentially move to a higher tiered operation!

Good luck!

The Skyforge EU/NA servers will be taken offline Wednesday, September 28th for weekly maintenance.

• 10:00 - 13:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST).
• 09:00 - 12:00 Western European Time (Ireland, Portugal and UK).
• 11:00 - 14:00 Eastern European Time (Romania, Bulgaria, Estonia, Greece, Turkey, etc).

Please find specific details pertaining to the maintenance below:

Purpose
The purpose of taking the servers offline is to perform weekly maintenance, fixes and localization tweaks.

Duration
Approx. ~3 hours

Affected Users
During the maintenance, the Skyforge servers will be inaccessible to all players.

While waiting, why not catch the latest news about Skyforge or chat with other players via the Aelinet!

Ascension Release Dates

While we still have plenty to share regarding Skyforge’s Ascension, we’re finally ready to share the answer to one of our most common questions – when will Ascension release?

Skyforge’s Ascension update will be live on October 19th with the pre-patch releasing on October 5th! If you haven’t been keeping up with the all the info surrounding the update, stay informed by checking back regularly to read all the latest Skyforge news!

With that said, today we’ll quickly go over the new additions to the combat system along with a brand new trailer!

Ascension: Combat

The battle system is considered by some as one of the most iconic features of Skyforge. Crushing enemies with a powerful combo, avoiding attacks with an elegant dash, suddenly changing the outcome of a battle by activating the Divine Form and dragging your unfortunate adversaries into a black hole — all of this is incredible fun! So what could make the system even more dynamic and spectacular?

That's how! Select gear, chunks of armor, or pieces of your enemies' bodies and turn them into a dangerous weapon! How about snatching up a pair of poisonous triffid stems and whipping an unruly druid with them?

Each selected item can only be used a few times, but the strength of the attacks is simply amazing! The selected weapons differ in type and can be used for protection or rapid attacks against single or multiple enemies. Picked up a Khelp’s claw? Excellent! Use it as you will, its previous owner can no longer object. Perform a few powerful strikes and, when you've had enough, throw it at your unsuspecting enemies.

By the way, as well as claws, you can hurl guns, staves, whips, grenades, mines and so on. Some alien toys can give you a boost for a short period of time, so do not be too quick to throw them away!

And that's not the only surprise! We have further developed monster behavior and added abilities to immortals to create new unforgettable sensations in PvE battles that make them even more dynamic. Take the battlefield under your control! Defeat enemies with skill combinations or act according to the situation: dodge attacks, collect new ultimate bonuses, and use them to change the outcome of the fight!

In addition, certain class skills will be adjusted very soon. Familiar abilities will get extra effects, which will add to the intensity of the battles! Let’s use the following as an example:

Cryogen running out and the enemy is about to get the upper hand? What luck! The free Icy Comet bonus is triggered and can immediately strike the repulsive berserker right between the eyes! Ha, that's what I'm talking about!
We are confident that all the listed changes will transform Skyforge’s already amazing combat into something even better! Fights will become more spectacular, dynamic, and the variety that was so lacking in long battles will improve.

Check back regularly for more news and updates regarding Skyforge’s Ascension at Skyforge.com!

This material is devoted to content that is still currently in development. By the time the update is live, elements of the system may change.

From September 28th to October 5th 2016, enjoy more than 25% OFF discount (in Argents or Credits) on various items in the in-game market!

These deals will only be around for a week - Be sure to take advantage of these wondrous deals before they’re gone!

With Ascension fast approaching, today we are going to discuss three features intended to improve gameplay variability and increase player engagement through operations, directives and various opportunities to catch up to the server’s top players.

Operations

To begin, while it was not directly was not subjected to any global changes, Operations will be simplified and be more player-friendly. What makes the Operations in Ascension stand out most, is that they no longer depend on the active invasions, which means that they will include quests against all kind of threats to Aelion!

During the activity, which lasts for 14 days, players can only be signed up for a single operation. To access it, players must complete any appropriate mission or continue to complete them in any order to improve their rank. Operation tokens will only be received by completing Squad, Group, or Invasion adventures. In order to earn more progress points and improve your Operation rank, you should focus on completing higher priority tasks available via the Aelion Globe.

Other than that, Operations were not subjected to drastic changes: players attempt to reach the top of the ranking, and, consequently, increase the rank of the operations they can participate in. Their personal and total progress will yield enticing in-game bonuses.

Rewards for participating in Ascension’s Operations are as follows:

Directives

The update will also bring Directives to the game, which are sets of in-game activities that replace old promotion adventures. By fully competing those quests you will receive significantly more resources, and benefit from them much more than from individual adventures alone! A set may include solo and group adventures, regions, and PvP activities.

In addition to regular adventure rewards, you can receive Credits, Argents, Victor's Medals, Bastion progress, Divine Deeds, and Construction Points for your Pantheon for completing sets. The amount of bonuses is based on your character’s prestige, and there is some probability that it could be increased 5- or even 20-fold!

Directives are generated individually for each player and updated daily. Any player can “accumulate” up to 7 Directives. After you start any set, you will have 24 hours to complete it. On average, it takes about two hours to complete all adventures in a directive. You can access adventures included in a set directly from the directive adventures list simply by clicking it. You can also find particular adventures on your regional map or in the adventure list.

A directive counts as completed once all included activities have been completed at least once. You are allowed to skip one or several adventures included in the set by using Stimulants, which you will receive for completing Directives and participating in promotions.

Occasionally, on the Globe you will find special Directives that have a time limit, but are unlocked for everybody. Usually, they will be launched on the occasion of global game events such as Invasions or holidays. Additionally, top-ranking players on the server will be able to influence those in the future!

And, to conclude, let’s discuss catching up with the server’s stronger players. What should you do to close the gap in Ascension?

We successfully developed a system that accommodates for the average quality of Equipment, Bastion level, and Divine Specializations of all active characters on a server. Based on that data, lower-level players will receive special Directives with additional rewards. Bonuses might include significant Bastion progress and large volumes of Divine Deeds. Additionally, the Globe might offer a special Directive which would give all willing players an opportunity to fight a training version of an Avatar of a Great God and unlock a new Divine Specialization!

All players can access adventures with difficulty that adjusts to their character, and one can always find equipment that will correspond to their Might. That way, new players will be able to reach levels required for the next-to-latest generation equipment by completing Bastion quests and receiving more Might with the bonuses described above. This will bring you just a small step from accessing maximum difficulty adventures where you can earn the last generation equipment together with other players on your server.

This material focuses on content that is in development. When the update is live, some elements of the system may change

Described as “devastating” and “unpredictable,” Tol-Monter is ready to tag into Skyforge as the game’s newest raid boss. This happy fellow is the leader of the Oceanid army, which means that participants are going to be getting a glimpse into the darkest terrors ever to come from the depths of the sea.

When it arrives in Skyforge, Tol-Monter’s champion form will be the single toughest boss fight in the game, requiring players to plow through several phases, each with unique challenges. If a raid team can get to the end, it will need to move quickly: “This powerful creature will not stop for anything in an effort to fulfill the will of the Great God. Remember, time is against you, Tol-Monter’s attacks are so strong that they gradually destroy the arena in which the battle takes place.”

READ THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE

Aelion’s steadfast defense over the past year has caused each of the invading armies to retreat, take time to regroup, and reorganize before they inevitably return with a vengeance!

As we transition into the Ascension update, no new Invasions will occur and all current Invasions will be halted. We got the information that the Oceanides managed to regroup first. They will hit Aelion with new strength on October 5th!
In the meantime, catch up with some of the Invasion related changes that you may have missed:

• Ascesnion: Invasions
• Ascension: Tol-Monter Raid

More news related to the Ascension can be found on Skyforge.com!

The clock is ticking and it’s almost time to say goodbye to the Deus Ex Machina Packs! Along with some wonderful costumes, the packs provide a huge sum of credits, a nice pile of Argents, Victor’s Medals, and more!

The Deus Ex Machina Packs will remain on sale until October 5th and comes in three different variations – Field Practice, Scientific Prestige, and the Deus Ex Machina Combo Pack!

To view the complete details or to purchase the Deus Ex Machina Packs, visit our dedicated Deus Ex Machina Packs page.

UPDATE: Implementation of the Ascension Prepatch has been moved back to Thursday, October 6th. Find the updated time frame below

The Skyforge EU/NA servers will be taken offline Thursday, October 06th at 8:00 CEST for the Ascension Prepatch maintenance.

• 8:00 - 18:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST).
• 07:00 - 17:00 Western European Time (Ireland, Portugal and UK).
• 9:00 - 19:00 Eastern European Time (Romania, Bulgaria, Estonia, Greece, Turkey, etc).

Please find specific details pertaining to the maintenance below:

Purpose
The purpose of taking the servers offline is to perform weekly maintenance and deploying the Ascension Prepatch.

Duration
Approx. ~10 hours

Known Issues
- Some cases of missing localization

Affected Users
During the maintenance, the Skyforge servers will be inaccessible to all players.

While waiting, why not catch the latest news about Skyforge or chat with other players via the Aelinet!

• Opterations and Adventures
• New Combat System
• Equipment
• Tol-Monter Raid
• Invasions
• The Outlaw
• Orders
• Progression Campaign
• Character Development

Skyforge will make a big step towards Ascension tomorrow. This is the start of the road to that game that we all dream about, both players and developers alike. For many months we have worked hard, inventing, discussing, creating and reworking all the systems that you can see today. We have had to review many approaches, hold difficult discussions and create several prototypes to reach a unanimous opinion on what the first step in the Ascension would be.

Skyforge’s key currencies are now your own actions – choose what adventures to go on, based on what you want to enhance. Might? Earn new equipment from Squads, Groups, or Distortions. How about a new Symbol? Take a quest in the required stronghold. Maybe you’re a bit lacking on resistances against the invading armies? Stop by Flavius’s Laboratory for assistance. Even if you fall behind other players in terms of development, the directive system will enable you to catch up quickly, increasing the volume of rewards you receive.!

New Content

• Two brand new Divine Specialisations: God of Machines and God of Magic
• New Pantheon System with easier management and more features to unlock
• A wide range of activities for everyone. Something that is interesting for newcomers and experienced players! Getting rid of the currency limits system.
• Simplifying unnecessarily complex and poorly operating mechanics.
• Improving the combat system.
• Significantly reducing the amount of currencies.
• Introduction of a game campaign, helping newcomers learn about all types of game content.
• Cutting the time players spend redistributing resources right down.
• Many more changes and innovations.

The changes to certain mechanics, such as Divine Specializations, will be discussed in depth before Ascension’s official release

What should I do on my first login?

• Collect everything stored in the pending rewards interface (F9). You can see the list of removed resources and compensations here.
• Open the Character tab, click Symbols (I), look through the list and activate symbols you like by clicking Save.
• Your character will have some of their new equipment on already. The rest of the items you can find in your pending rewards list (F9). Take everything and equip the items you like.
• Open the Aelion map interface (K) and go to the Capital tab (Shift+K). Here you can obtain various enhancements for your character:
o Go to the Cathedral. Upgrading it costs Credits and allows you to receive Might.
o Go to the Trophy Hall. Here you can further enhance your character by spending Victor's Medals that you receive as compensation for various resources.
o Go to the Tower of Knowledge. Upgrading it costs Knowledge of Enemies and allows you to receive Might.
o Open the Altar and collect 10 offerings from your followers. Remember to return here daily!
o Go to the Flavius’s Laboratory and start quests that will allow you to receive new abilities from one of the invading armies tabs.
• Teleport to the capital to access the new Order interface. Open your Order (L) and send your Adepts on a journey!. Remember to talk to Herida in the Divine Observatory: she’ll grant you a free relic.
• Open the Provinces tab on the map of Aelion (K), and on it, find Bastions and Class Temples. There you can receive quests. You can only receive quests in one Class Temple and several Bastions at once.
• Go to the Aelion tab on the map of Aelion and activate a directive.
• Assign the consumables you might need to your quick access panel before your first battle.
• Splendid! Now your character is fully equipped and ready for battle, you only have to complete the quests you received in any order.

We have waited a long time for this day, but this is just the start of the road. Skyforge’s developers still have plenty of work ahead to improve the new systems. In addition, we have lots of plans for the future. The closest one is launching the complete Ascension update on October 19th, then efforts will go towards perfecting the new version of the game! This is due in part to both the demands of, and wonderful ideas & feedback provided by, the community!

The Ascension update will be live on October 19th!

This time we travel to the Kyros Caves, a deep naturally-formed cave within the territory of the Eskenian Peninsula, not far from the Diomane Ocean coast. Reaching this location by foot can take several hours from the nearest locality.

History

Kyros is yet another network of boring innumerable volitional caves. They were once flooded with subterranean waters and when the water sank, the caves became shelter for various kinds of animals. The network used to attract speleologists, but since nothing useful was ever discovered (including deposits of mineable ore), they completely lost interest and all work was wrapped up.

Common residents never really took an interest Kyros. Only a small number of brave speleologists and tourists dared to descend into the cave’s depths, but there are fewer and fewer of them every year. Anyone that would choose to explore the cave can easily find more interesting objects or locations to adventure within. Besides, wild animal colonies have significantly grown within the caves and present a noticeable danger now.

Current Situation

Local inhabitants have been suffering from an increased activity by predators in the region. When animals began attacking people, it was clear that there was something behind their aggression. Something or someone was constantly driving them out of the caves, forcing them to find another habitat. When an emergency signal came in, the authorities of the nearest village began to panic. It looked like a group of ignorant tourists managed to get into these deadly caves.

They called for Immortals immediately, hoping that there would still be time to get the visitors out of trouble. No matter what the circumstances are, the Kyros Caves need to be studied carefully to understand what disrupted the natural order of things.

Immortals! Help these lost civilians and discover the origin of the fauna’s strange behavior!

Today, we’ll be overviewing how Pantheons have changed recently. It has become much simpler and provides more benefit to both commanders and regular players because joining a Pantheon will ensure a clear boost to character efficiency parameters. The size of the bonus depends on the Pantheon rank, with a top ranking Pantheon adding 10% to the damage and health points of each of its members. These indicators do not impact prestige, so a player does not drop should he leave the Pantheon.

But what is a Pantheon Rank, what does it depend on and how can you increase it?

The updated Pantheon is primarily a way to find companions for group activities and to boost the efficiency of your character, and not a separate economic strategy with its own difficulties and conventions.

This is why the number of Pantheon chats have been cut and the interface has been revamped. You will no longer have to spend time managing the Pantheon Stronghold, collecting extra resources, distributing energy, working with obelisks and so on. The Pantheon has kept one stat - its rank. As a Pantheon's rank increases so does its capacity, access to the academy, and participation in Pantheon tournaments is unlocked. Plus, you get the chance to establish your own coat-of-arms and increase standing stat bonuses.

To increase the rank of a Pantheon, its members need to gather sufficient Construction Resources. The amount of resources gathered is displayed on a dedicated bar in the Pantheon interface. Once the bar is full, the members will have to spend a certain amount of Credits, vote for the upgrade, and the rank will be increased. A Pantheon with the maximum rank of 20 can have a total of 290 characters: 260 Pantheon members and 30 Pantheon Academy students. Regardless of their status in the Pantheon, all characters will receive the above mentioned 10% increment to damage and health points. If there were more than 260 players in a Pantheon following the update, new members cannot join until places become available. No player is automatically excluded from a Pantheon they are a member of.

Construction resources may be obtained by completing Directives and by participating in competitive activities. Please note that resources will be further accumulated even after the bar is full. Distortions will be available to all players, regardless of whether they are Pantheon members or not. Additionally, each and every player will be able to access the battle stats screen that was previously exclusive to Pantheon members.

The resources that players have spent on Pantheon upgrades before the update will be allocated to Pantheon rank upgrade after the update. The Victor's Medals that users spent on Obelisks have been restored to their rightful owners. You will no longer need to invest Victor's Medals to receive passive bonuses from the Pantheon.

The social panel of the Pantheon has also been redesigned. There are 2 Pantheon chats: a general chat for all the Pantheon members, including Academy students, and a Commander chat.

The new Pantheon system will make life easier for both regular members and commanders thanks to the very simple, clear, and transparent system for increasing rank and extra bonuses. 

As far as Aelion’s typical attempts at grasping power go, having candidates give speeches instead of performing traitorous acts or invade has proven to be a rousing success! Without wasting any more time, here are our favorite speeches!

1st: Maxim Ambrus

• 2nd: Karno Tayuun
• 3rd: Deep One
• 4th: Aaomk Cait
• 5th: Titania Eternal

Note: The Holy Texts were changed to Knowledge of Enemies because of the currency conversion done with the Ascension Pre-Patch. The first place will get 28,500 Knowledge of Enemies, the 2nd place will get 17,100 and 3rd to 5th will get 5,700.

SUBMISSIONS PER REGION

• NA Submissions
• EN Submissions
• DE Submissions
• FR Submissions

Congratulations to all of our winners and we hope to see you again in our next community contest!

The Outlaw is finally available in Skyforge!

The Outlaw is a great addition to the collection both for those who have unlocked all available classes and for beginners. Playing this character, you will learn what the true battle lust is!

The temple will be located in the Philomenas province and if you wish to unlock the class, you will need 90,000 Knowledge of Enemies to build it. Or you can opt for our Outlaw Collector's Edition, available until October 19th!

Along with instant access to the Outlaw class, The Outlaw – Collector’s Edition includes:

To view the complete details or to purchase the Collector’s Edition, visit our dedicated The Outlaw – Collector’s Edition page.

All players who have purchased the Outlaw Collector's Edition can find it in their bags and start playing the new attacking class armed with twin revolvers and grenades.

The Skyforge EU/NA servers will be taken offline Thursday, October 13th for weekly maintenance.

• 10:00 - 15:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST).
• 09:00 - 14:00 Western European Time (Ireland, Portugal and UK).
• 11:00 - 16:00 Eastern European Time (Romania, Bulgaria, Estonia, Greece, Turkey, etc).

Please find specific details pertaining to the maintenance below:

Purpose
The purpose of taking the servers offline is to perform weekly maintenance, fixes and localization tweaks.

Duration
Approx. ~5 hours

Affected Users
During the maintenance, the Skyforge servers will be inaccessible to all players.

While waiting, why not catch the latest news about Skyforge or chat with other players via the Aelinet!

Aelion Games Promotion

Aelion Games are coming: the greatest sporting event on the planet and the most important milestone in your athletes’ career! Soon, thousands of spectators all over Aelion will hold their breath before their screens and watch the participants of different gods’ Orders compete.

From October 13th at 10:00 CEST to October 26th at 10:00 CEST, the Aelion Games promotion arrives – Immortals can send their adepts to compete for the gold!

Any immortal that has reached 1,000 Prestige can take part in this promotion. To get started, you need Participation Requests which can be obtained from bosses in PvE Adventures, within sets of equipment from PvP Battles, or receive them as a random reward for participation in the promotion. Alternatively, you can use Credits or Argents to start missions. You can participate via the special interface (9 key).

For their performance throughout the games, your adepts can win amazing rewards for you including your very own Record Airboard and matching costume! But that’s not all you will receive:

• Knowledge of Enemies
• Credits
• Premium Subscription
• Victor’s Medals
• Stimulants
• And more!

If your adepts happen to set any new records, you have the possibility to receive the following rewards:

• 1,000,000 Credits
• 12,000 argents
• 500 progress points on the Guaranteed reward scale.

In addition to all the other rewards, you now have the ability to improve the rank of the corresponding upgrades in the Trophy Hall which will increase Bastion efficiency by up to 10%!

For additional information, feel free to check out or Aelion Games Guide! The promotion ends on October 26th – Good luck to your Adepts!

Dandy Scientist Sale

This month is a scientific one for Aelion. Science is as as important as the power of the immortals when it comes to fight back the invasions. Dress up and join the science community with our costume sale! The Scout Researcher Costume will have a comeback from October 13th to October 18th!