If you’re planning to jump into ArcheAge Chronicles when Early Access opens on Steam, choose your server carefully. XLGAMES has confirmed that characters will stay on the server they were created on for the whole Early Access period, and that players on different servers won’t be able to group up.
No transfers during Early Access
A character’s server is effectively permanent for now. XLGAMES says it may look at adding a character transfer feature later, but it won’t be available at any point during Early Access, and the studio isn’t committing to whether or when it might arrive.
That matters more than usual in a launch window. Players who end up on a crowded server, or find their friends settled somewhere else, won’t have a transfer option to fall back on. The only fix during Early Access will be starting a new character on the right server.
No cross-server play
The second point follows from the first: there’s no cross-server play. Players on separate servers can’t play together, so groups, guilds and friends who want to adventure side by side all need to be on the same server from day one.
XLGAMES’ advice is simple: agree on a server with your friends before anyone creates a character. The studio calls server selection an important decision and recommends thinking it through before starting out.
What to do before launch
- Agree on one server with your friends or guild before character creation.
- Treat that choice as fixed for the whole Early Access period.
- Don’t plan around a future transfer service, as XLGAMES has not promised one.
The notice comes days before the Early Access launch on November 3, so groups still have time to coordinate. For players who remember server transfers being a big topic in the original ArcheAge, this sets clear expectations: there won’t be a way to move characters between servers in the Early Access version of ArcheAge Chronicles, and XLGAMES has not given any timeline for one.
Source: ArcheAge Chronicles official news.
