ArcheAge Chronicles’ first day in Early Access on Steam brought a wave of bug reports, and XLGAMES has now laid out which problems are already fixed, which are still being investigated and which workarounds players can use in the meantime. The studio also apologized to players who couldn’t progress or enjoy the game as intended.
Fixes on the way
Two of the most disruptive bugs already have finished fixes that the team wants to deploy as soon as possible:
- Tutorial blockers: some players couldn’t get past certain tutorial quests.
- Missing bosses: in some encounters, leaving the area and coming back could stop the boss from spawning.
The same patch will carry further fixes, with details promised once it is live. Some of the reported crashes are also set to be addressed in the next patch.
Still under investigation are the Malchuk fight, where dying can leave the boss absent or stop players from respawning, and quest progression that breaks after talking to NPCs in areas such as Cliffs of Madness. XLGAMES is asking anyone affected to describe what happened in the Discord bug reports channel.
Workarounds for now
A tougher problem involves parties. If the leader leaves or the group disbands during a dungeon, progression can get stuck or players can’t move on to the next area. The studio says the cause is structural, so a fix may take a while. Until then:
- Keep your party together until everyone has moved into the next area after finishing a dungeon.
- Make sure each party member picks up their own key, since some key items aren’t shared.
- If your character is stuck in the terrain, use Escape from the ESC menu. If that fails, restart, log back in and try again.
- To cut down on chat in languages you don’t read, go to Settings > Game Options > Chat Language Filter.
- If the game hangs during anti-cheat initialization, take a screenshot and open a ticket with Customer Support, which is also reachable from the in-game ESC menu.
Planned changes
Responding to common requests, XLGAMES plans to let players freely reassign movement keys and to add an option that hides the chat window entirely. The channel transfer button in the party UI, which moves you to your party leader’s channel, only shows up under certain conditions today; the team wants to make when it appears clearer and add better guidance around it.
On performance, the developers acknowledge reports of stuttering and frame drops but warn that causes vary from one PC to another, so optimization will continue throughout Early Access rather than arrive in a single fix. Feedback on combat feel, class depth and progression is being reviewed as well, as are requests for more languages, with any localization plans to be shared later.
Linux and Steam Deck players should note that neither platform is officially supported right now, although XLGAMES says it will keep evaluating support for them in the future.
Source: ArcheAge Chronicles official news.
