Game guide

Everything you need to get from download to your first trade pack.

Get in the game

Create an account
The same login works here and in the game. Register now — it takes a username and a password, nothing else.
Install through the launcher
Get the Deadly Crusaders Launcher, pick ArcheAge from the list, and let it download and patch. There is nothing to configure by hand.
Hit Play and sign in
The launcher points the client at the live shard for you and signs you in with the account you just made.
Pick a race and run the intro
Your race decides your faction — Nuia in the west, Haranya in the east. Run the intro questline out to the mainland and you are playing.

If you ever need the address by hand, the server is deadlycrusaders.com.

Server details

8× EXP

8× Drop

10× Gold

8× Honor

8× Vocation

9× Growth

9× Labor

Version	AAFree 5.0.7.0
Server	deadlycrusaders.com
Patron	Free — active on every account
Marketplace	In-game, Credits only

The rest of the guide

Three deeper pages, written against this server rather than a wiki. Everything in them was checked against what the shard actually runs.

Gear and upgradesGrades, tempering odds, the Hiram ladder, and which armour and weapon your build actually wants.Read the guide Stats and attributesWhat Strength, Agility, Intelligence, Spirit and Stamina really do, and what to stack for your role.Read the guide Classes and buildsThe eleven skillsets, starter builds for every role, and all 165 class combinations.Read the guide

Credits & the Marketplace

There is an in-game Marketplace, and everything in it is bought with Credits or Loyalty. Both are earned by playing — they are not for sale, and no amount of real money buys anything here.

100 Credits and 15 Loyalty every 5 minutes that you are logged in.
5 Credits and 5 Loyalty the first time you log in each day.
More on top for voting for the server.

Labor works the same way: 90 Labor every 5 minutes online and 45 per 5 minutes while you are offline, up to a 5,000 cap, because Patron is switched on for everyone.

Known issues

24 quests are still refused when you try to accept them, because they rely on quest act types the emulator does not implement yet. The offer window closes cleanly instead of freezing the client.
If the client stops responding to input — most often after a mount desync — relogging clears it.

Found something else? Report it on the forums.