Alpha-1

Alpha-1 early preview.^[1]

This is a true development alpha. This is not a marketing alpha; and what that means is as you know part of the process here in developing Ashes of Creation is being open with that development so you guys can see that progress; and it is a double-edged sword. There are going to be a spectrum of people that exists who are very involved with the game's development and those who are just completely at an arm's length away in understanding the process; and they may look at alpha one- the people who don't really understand the development process or haven't been a part of it- they may look at it and they may think oh you know this is trash, looks like trash, you know whatever it's the end-product. But at the end of the day what's important for us and what yields the best possible product is for us to include as much as possible the community in that development process with no NDA so that you guys give valuable feedback; and as we go through the iterative process in further defining the game and fleshing out that content were doing so with the player in mind and their voice in our ear. That is I think one of the key distinguishing factors between our development and many developments that you guys may have seen in the past.^[2] – Steven Sharif

Alpha-1 preview ancients mobs.^[3]

Alpha-1 PvE combat.^[4]

Die Alpha-1 ist in Test-Release des Ashes of Creation MMORPGs.^[5] Die Alpha 1 wird folgendes testen:

Hybrides Action-/Tab-Kampfsystem.^[6]
Fortschritt bis Level 20.^[6]
4 spielbare Rassen.^[6]
Die Archetypen (Klassen) Kleriker, Kämpfer, Magier, Waldläufer, und Tank werden zu Beginn der Alpha 1 verfügbar sein. Der Barde, Schurke, und Beschwörer folgen zu einem späteren Zeitpunkt.^[7]
- Sekundäre Archetypen (Zweitklassen) werden in der Alpha 1 nicht vorhanden sein.^[8] Diese sind für die Alpha 2 geplant.^[9]
Die Alpha 1-Karte wird viele Inseln und ein Festland-Gebiet haben. Sie wird fast 100 km² groß sein.^[10]^[11]
- Das sind ca. 20-25% der gesamten Weltgröße.^[10]^[12]
- Die Alpha 1 findet im nordwestlichen Teil der Welt statt.^[13]
Nodes werden voll funktionsfähig sein.^[14]
- Node-Entwicklung bis zu Dorf (Stufe 3).^[14]
- Frühere Aussagen erwähnten hier Stadt (Stufe 4).^[6]
Es wird 9 Node-Standorte in der Alpha 1 geben.^[15]
- Frühere Aussagen erwähnten hier 8 Node-Standorte.^[16]
- Normalerweise würden in dem selben Gebiet 18-20 Node-Standorte sein.^[16]
- Das Einflussgebiet einer Node in der Alpha 1 ist größer, als das auf der finalen Weltkarte.^[17]
- Die Node-Standorte können sich vor der Beta 1 noch ändern.^[15]
Aufträge (Questing).^[6]
- Aufträge werden bis zur Alpha 2 nur ein Platzhalter sein.^[18]
Teile der Spielerbehausungen (Housing).^[6]
Wichtigsten Funktionen des Handwerksystems mit Hilfe des Händler (NPC)-Systems.^[19]
- Sammeln, Verarbeiten, Herstellen (Crafting) sollen in der Alpha-2 verfügbar sein.^[19]
- Zu einem früheren Zeitpunkt waren diese Funktionen für die Alpha-1 geplant.^[20]^[6]
Was aktuell in der Alpha 1 zu sehen ist, kratzt nicht einmal an der Oberfläche von dem, was das Crafting zu bieten hat.^[19] – Steven Sharif
Gilden.^[6]
Burgen.^[21]^[22]
Verdorbenheit.^[23]
Charakter-Ersteller.^[6]
- Diese kann bereits vor der Alpha 1 veröffentlicht werden.^[24]^[14]
Handels-Systeme.^[25]
Handel zwischen Spielern.^[25]
Soziale Organisationen.^[6]
Namensreservierung.^[6]
Zwei bis drei Server.^[14]
- 1,500 gleichzeitige Server-Population.^[26]^[12]^[27]
Dolche (Doppelwaffen).^[28]
Schiffe für "Inselsprünge".^[29]^[30]
- Temporäre Teleportationspunkte werden in frühen Tests vorhanden sein, bis später im Alpha-Test Schiffe eingeführt werden.^[29]
Beuteregeln.^[31]
UI und Tutorial-Systeme werden bis zur Alpha 2 Platzhalter sein.^[18]

Alpha-1 Verfügbarkeit

Alpha-1-Verkäufe werden im Mai 2021 fortgesetzt.^[32] Besitzern von Vorbesteller-Packs wird es möglich sein, ihr aktuelles Paket zu upgraden.^[33]^[34]

Der 15. August 2018 war der letzte Tag, an dem Alpha-1-Zugänge durch Intrepid pre-order packs verkauft wurden (Historie).^[6]

Im Februar 2021 erklärten die Entwickler, dass keine weiteren Alpha1-Zugänge verkauft werden, bis Stabilitätsprobleme in der aktuellen Alpha1 Testphase behoben wurden.^[35]^[36]^[37]

We did have our second preview test that was last weekend, and we did hit some snags. That's okay that's a good thing in my opinion and right now this week we have spent the majority of this week- countless hours deep diving into those snags and deploying fixes for them. We will likely be having some additional spot testing with our NDA alpha 1 testers probably starting early next week I'm going to imagine, in order to address some of those issues. As a result I know that I had mentioned I would give an update on the reopening of alpha one sales: At this moment in time I cannot commit to reopening alpha one sales. So we're gonna wait to see if we can get over those issues in a relatively short period of time and then I will come back and give you guys an update on that front- mainly to speak a little bit about you know what we experienced. You know we are obviously trying to push as much as possible getting higher concurrencies on the servers and with that you know we do some changes on the networking side in order to facilitate those those goals and it's a step-by-step process where you know we make changes, we collect data, we analyze the data, we deploy fixes, we make additional changes. This is what the iteration process looks like at least from a technical perspective and how we want to accommodate what our overarching architecture goals are.^[35] – Steven Sharif

Im März 2021 erklärten die Entwickler, dass sie die Hindernisse, die während den Tests im Februar gefunden wurden, behoben haben; und nach einer internen Überprüfungen die Wiedereröffnung von Alpha1-Verkäufen in Betracht ziehen. Für die Wiederaufnahme von Verkäufen wurde kein Datum genannt.^[38]

I said I was going to be considering opening up Alpha One sales again once if we hit a certain level of achievement that I was waiting for. It is looking very good that that's going to be the case here. Over the next month we're going to evaluate internally but with the testing that was done over the past couple of weeks I am very, very happy to see where we've gotten to overcome those February obstacles; and we'll be considering opening alpha one sales again.^[38] – Steven Sharif

Im Creative Director's Letter vom April 2021 wurde angekündigt, dass Alpha-1-Verkäufe im Mai 2021 fortgesetzt werden. Weitere Informationen werden Ende April 2021 geteilt.^[32]^[33]

I know that for the past several months we have received a considerable number of requests with regards to opening Alpha One sales again. Well, I am happy to announce that we will be reintroducing Alpha One options sometime in May. More information on this will be posted to our website around the end of April and we will announce this across our socials, so make sure to keep an eye out if you are interested in participating. I do, however, want to give a stern warning - participating in our Alpha One test should not be regarded as playing a game. You are helping to test our work in progress. You will be expected to provide feedback to help us iterate on systems and designs. We love and appreciate our testers and the support they provide Ashes, and each and every one of our Alpha One testers will have a special place in Ashes’ history. So, if you plan to participate, take the commitment seriously and know you have our respect and appreciation. This will not be everyone’s cup of tea.^[32] – Steven Sharif

Adventurer pre-order pack FAQ

How long will the Adventurer pre-order pack be available?

The Adventurer pre-order pack will be available for purchase from May 5, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. Pacific until August 13, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. Pacific.^[39]

If I purchase the Adventurer pre-order pack, when can I participate in Alpha-1 testing?

The Adventurer pre-order pack includes access to both NDA and non-NDA Alpha-1 testing. Testing periods may be delayed or suspended, and do not represent the final game. Do not purchase Alpha-1 access if you are looking to play a finished game - testing will require your feedback and patience. Testers with the Adventurer pre-order pack can join in our NDA spot testing, as well as our non-NDA Alpha-1 preview and testing. As Adventurer pre-order pack owners will have access to Alpha-1, Alpha-2, Beta-1, and Beta-2, stay tuned to our helpful knowledge base article here for more details on future test dates!^[39]

Will there be a limited number of Adventurer pre-order packs available?

We have not announced any plans to limit the quantity of available Adventurer Pre-order Packages. However, keep in mind that the Adventurer Pre-order Package will only be available for purchase until August 13, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. Pacific..^[39]

If I already own a pre-order package, how can I get access to Alpha-1?

If you already own a Wayfarer pre-order pack, Expeditionary pre-order pack, Voyager pre-order pack, or Voyager plus pre-order pack, you will see upgrade options in the shop when you are logged in. This will allow you to purchase the Adventurer pre-order pack (which includes Alpha-1 access) for the difference in price.^[39]

If I’m a Kickstarter or Summer crowdfunding campaign backer, how can I get access to Alpha-1?

If you are a Braver of worlds, Leader of men, Royalty, Hero of the people, or Avatar of the phoenix backer, you already have access to participate in Alpha-1 testing. Please check your email for further information. If you did not receive an email, please reach out to our Support team directly here.^[39]

If you are an Explorer, Settler, Pioneer, Founder, or Warrior of old backer, you will see upgrade options in the shop when you are logged in. This will allow you to purchase the Braver of worlds package (which includes Alpha-1 access) or higher for the difference in price.^[39]

Who is eligible to participate in Alpha-1 testing?

Anyone who won and claimed an Alpha One Key through a giveaway.^[39]
Adventurer pre-order pack and Intrepid pre-order pack owners.^[39]
Braver of worlds, Leader of men, Royalty, Hero of the people, and Avatar of the phoenix Kickstarter backers and summer campaign backers.^[39]
Official content creators.^[39]

Where can I get more info on Alpha-1 testing if I’m participating?

Keep an eye out for emails from our team with more details on how to download and play! We'll also email you more info on how to get the latest testing updates on our Discord and forums. If you don’t receive any emails and you believe you should, please reach out to our Support team directly here.^[39]

Alpha-1 playtest schedule

Hail and well met glorious Ashes of Creation testers. My name is Sean Farrens. I am the manager of quality assurance on Ashes of Creation and on behalf of the Ashes QA team I would like to extend a deep and heartfelt thank you to everyone who participated in testing Ashes of Creation during the weekend of May 14 through May 16th for our Alpha 1 build. In spite of instability and uncertainty you have all proven to be invaluable in regards to your feedback and bug reports; and for that I cannot express my gratitude enough. As many of you know, developing an MMORPG is an epic endeavor that is filled with trials and tribulations that no other kind of game will ever encounter; and your illustrated dedication has proven to our team that we are on a high road to the best MMORPG gaming experience to date. During this most recent testing period we received over 2,600 bug reports, which have been an absolute boon to our testing process. We review each report individually and I continue to be impressed with how detailed and helpful each of these reports has been. Like seriously you guys give repro steps and everything. Super duper handy. I greatly look forward to your feedback in the future and hope you enjoy our content so far, so thank you so much everybody.^[40] – Sean Farrens

Phase	Release	Estimated/Actual date
Alpha-1	Alpha-1 early preview livestream.^[41]	March 27, 2020.^[1]
	Alpha-1 limited QA testing (NDA).^[42]^[43]	May 28, 2020.^[44]^[45]
	Alpha-1 preview pre-test 1 (NDA).^[18]	Dec 18 - Dec 21 2020.^[18]
	Alpha-1 preview pre-test 2 (NDA).^[18]	Feb 19 - Feb 22 2021.^[35]^[46]
	Alpha-1 preview intermittent spot testing (NDA).^[47]^[48]	Mar 19 - Jul 9 2021.^[47]^[48]
	Alpha-1 preview weekend (no NDA).^[47]	July 9 - July 11 2021.^[47]
	Alpha-1 (no NDA).^[47]	July 14 - August 13 2021.^[47]
	Alpha-1 additional tests.^[49]	To be announced.^[49]

Alpha-1 testing goals

Server deployment and performance testing

Stress-test our server deployments and player concurrency numbers with high volumes of player activity and interactions.^[47]
Stand up multiple world server deployments across different geographical regions.^[47]
Soak test server grid health over a continuous period of production use.^[47]
Evaluate current networking architecture, and identify non-performant code and areas for additional optimizations or refactoring.^[47]
Test our build strategy and hot-fix deployment procedures, account services, web-based systems, launcher and patcher stability, and cloud-based infrastructure.^[47]

System functionalities and behavior testing (in their core state)

Node features (In their core state).^[47]
Experience collection – The ability for nodes to collect and store accrued experience from players in their Einflussbereich and for this data to persist in a global hierarchy of the node matrix.^[47]
Propagation – The ability for nodes to advance in stages, reflecting the appropriate advancements in the following: culture, layout, quest hooks, spawners, crafting and processing stations, NPCs, service buildings, merchant tables, prop placement, housing, citizenship, government systems (election, appointment, terms, admin interface) and taxes, |points of interest propagation and advancement, public projects, and parenting/vassal hierarchy.^[47]

Player character systems (in their core state)

Experience collection and persistence, experience debt, death effects, corruption and flagging, inventory systems, character paper doll and equipable items, property ownership and player storage, stats and waterfall derivatives, combat and ability systems, tab and action states, race and class selection and their customization, movement and character states, looting and party management systems.^[47]

Ancillary systems (in their core state)

Karawanen, drop, spawn, and reward table adaptations, player trading, mount and vehicle systems, raid and party functionality, guild progression and persistence, guild hierarchy, chat systems, customized AI behavior trees, boss functionality, harvesting prerequisites and procedural resource spawners, recipes and craft station systems, interactable containers and objects, global event manager, siege and battleground systems, open world traversal and dungeon design, quest and narrative dialogue setup.^[47]

The above is not a comprehensive list of everything being tested in Alpha One, but it hits the primary points. There are many other data metrics being collected for our approach to the content production pipelines, system definitions, and refactoring as well. Not to mention a plethora of technical art implications and optimizations, but you get the gist. This is a very fundamental test that will impact the direction of development post-Alpha One, so you can understand the importance of testing and its need for player participation, attention, and feedback.^[47] – Steven Sharif

Alpha-1 participation

Alpha-1 testing is available to the following participants:

Anyone who won and claimed an Alpha-1 Key through a giveaway.^[39]
Adventurer pre-order pack and Intrepid pre-order pack owners.^[39]
Braver of worlds, Leader of men, Royalty, Hero of the people, and Avatar of the phoenix Kickstarter backers and summer campaign backers.^[39]
Official content creators.^[39]

There were approximately 9,600 participants in Alpha-1 testing as of August, 2018.^[50]^[51]

As of May 31, 2021, just under 5k additional participants have been added since Alpha-1 sales resumed. Less refunds and unclaimed codes, leaves a total of slightly over 13k testers.^[50]
The weekend test of May 27, 2021 saw 5,300 unique logins over the 3 day period.^[50]

There were roughly 9600 if I recall A1 participants prior to my closing the preorder packs in 2018. Since opening them up again there have been just under 5k additional participants added. And prolly around 300 refunds give or take. Of the roughly 14,000 a1 testers, there are still about 1k unredeemed ks codes which leaves a little over 13k testers? The weekend test saw 5300 unique logins over the 3-day period. And I think discord flags stand around 4k roughly?^[50] – Steven Sharif

Alpha-1 servers

Alpha-1 Server sollen 1.500 gleichzeitig verbundene Benutzer pro Server unterstützen.^[26]^[12]^[27]

Alpha-1 Server werden in den folgenden Regionen zur Verfügung gestellt werden:^[52]

NA.^[53]^[52]
EU (Frankfurt).^[53]^[52]^[54]
OCE Server^[52] waren in der letzten Ankündigung nicht enthalten.^[53]

Server wipes

Alpha and Beta servers will be wiped prior to launch.^[55]

Alpha-1 testing phases will include full wipes.^[56]
Servers may also be wiped between individual tests, unless the developers require progression to be saved for certain spot tests.^[57]

As a general rule, if the testing phase contains the word Alpha, it is safe to assume there will likely be wipes.^[58] – Steven Sharif

Alpha-1 NDA

Alpha-1, Alpha-2, Beta-1, Beta-2 releases are not covered by NDA (non-disclosure agreement).^[59]

Alpha-1 testing prior to the full release of Alpha-1 is covered by NDA.^[60]^[43]
- NDA review and acceptance is done via the game client.^[61]
- The text and voice NDA was lifted from the PI QA testing phase on May 28, 2020.^[60]
- The verbal NDA was lifted from Alpha-1 preview testing, and future testing, on May 17, 2021.^[62]
- The NDA will be lifted for the July 2021 Alpha-1 preview weekend test.^[47]

Today I have made the decision to release our current Alpha One Testers from their verbal NDA over all prior Alpha One Preview testing, and future testing. The visual NDA shall remain in place until July. I have made this decision so that the community may discuss the experiences had, and progress made with the Ashes project, in anticipation of the full NDA release in July. Of course, It's important to note, that the Alpha One experience is not meant to be a content test. But rather, standing up core systems in their bare bones state and vetting our technical architectures, while providing the opportunity for us to optimize and squash bugs.^[62] – Steven Sharif

Alpha testing system requirements

Alpha-1 stress testing, March 17, 2021.^[63]

Funny story; So yesterday as we are stress/density testing with our NDA testers, I accidentally summoned 5k bears around our few hundred players. But hey, it didn’t crash! Can you spot Lt. Toast here?^[63] – Steven Sharif

These are fully operational NPCs. They have behavior trees, they have AI blackboards; you know they are functioning as an NPC would; and to my surprise, to everyone's surprise actually, the server handled it quite well: 5000 entities all within a very dense area.^[64] – Steven Sharif

Ashes of Creation alpha testing minimum system specification.^[65]

Operating System: Windows 10 64-Bit
Processor: Intel Core i3-2125 3.3GHz / AMD Phenom II X4 3.3GHz
Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon 6870 HD with 1GB and DirectX 12
Memory: 6 GB RAM
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 35 GB of available space
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card

Recommended specification.^[65]

Operating System: Windows 10 64-Bit
Processor: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz / AMD FX-9590 4.7GHz
Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon R9 Fury with 4GB and DirectX 12
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 35 GB of available space
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card

Alpha-1 testing zone (Alpha island)

Map of Alpha-1 preview testing zone.^[3]

Alpha-1 testing tropical zone featuring a war beast and a tribe of pigmy goblins.^[66]

This is a rather large tropical area; and what we use some of the creatures for is kind of like establishing character for different parts of this tropical place. So that even though it's the same biome, it feels different when you are going from place to place based on what's there and how those things are interacting with the environment.^[10] – Jeffrey Bard

Alpha-1 testing takes place in a zone to the north west of the world map.^[67] This zone has many islands and a mainland area.^[11]

There are 12 different (sub)zones in the Alpha-1 testing location.^[10]
The Alpha-1 zone is almost 100 km² in size.^[10]^[11] This is approximately 20-25% of the total world size.^[10]^[12]
- This was estimated to be 70 km² by Steven Sharif in a recent podcast. Since this was an estimate, the original sizing has not been updated.^[68]
- Traversing the width of the zone (10 km) on a mount would take about 30 minutes.^[69]
Alpha island (also called Alpha-0 island) was the first open-world testing zone for Alpha-1 participants.^[70]
There are approximately 4 biomes in Alpha-1: Flood plains, Sahara (Desert), Snowy mountains.^[71]
- A tropical/jungle zone was added for the December 2020 Alpha-1 preview tests.^[67]^[66]^[10]
Temporary teleportation points will be present in early tests until ships are introduced later in the alpha testing.^[29]

Castle sieges in Alpha-1

Alpha-1 preview castle.^[72]

Trebuchets in the Alpha-1 preview castle siege attackers headquarter camp.^[73]

Alpha-1 preview castle siege gameplay.^[74]

An initial implementation of castle sieges based on Ashes of Creation Apocalypse castle sieges is being tested by the developers.^[75]^[32]

Players will be able to join guilds. These guilds can register for the siege events.^[73]
Castle siege events will be 100v100 battles that occur daily and will last for three hours.^[73]
Attackers will start on the opposite end of the map (from the defenders).^[73]
Attackers will be able to use trebuchets to drive to and assault the castle.^[73]
- Trebuchets have a single primary fire that does a small amount of damage to players and heavy damage to buildings.^[73]
- Trebuchets will be fully physical when they are being driven.^[73]
When the attackers have breached the castle they will be able to channel a cast on the relic in the throne room to try to capture the castle from the defenders.^[73]
The victors of castle sieges will receive benefits, such as cloaks, flying mounts for guild leaders and potentially also for guild officers.^[73]
Alpha-1 castle sieges are in a separate zone that is accessible via a NPC teleporter.^[76]^[77]^[78]
Currently the siege zone is actually in the open world, but separated by mountains and off in the sea a bit. There is actually no instancing in A1, although the siege zone will only be accessible in A1 through a registration NPC teleporter.^[76] – Steven Sharif
- This zone includes the following raid bosses.^[75]
- These bosses will also appear in the open-world (outside the siege zone) with slightly different mechanics.^[77]
The opposing team is notified when these raid bosses are being attacked.^[75]
Teams who get the last hit on these bosses will receive buffs that will help them in the siege battle.^[75]

Last year, I spoke of attempting to incorporate sieges into the Alpha One experience. This has obviously been a goal of mine because it provides considerable data and a consistent event within the world that players can participate in to help stress test the deployment. Well, I am happy to say that it is appearing more and more likely by the day! Initial implementation of the Apocalypse siege code has been migrated into the Alpha One client, and we should begin internal testing next month. I will caveat this expectation with the fact that we are cutting it a bit close from an internal QA standpoint, but I have some confidence that the system will be online and capable of inclusion for the Alpha One test in the month of June. The siege component will obviously not be representative of what the siege system will be at launch, or even in Alpha Two.^[32] – Steven Sharif

Destructible structures (such as walls and gates) are present in Alpha-1 castle sieges.^[79]
- The ability to repair structures (and siege weapons) is a long term design goal that will not be present during Alpha-1.^[79]

Alpha-1 player flagging/corruption

Some of the following information has not been recently confirmed by the developers and may not be on the current development roadmap for Alpha-1.

Spieler Verderbnis is expected to be implemented in Alpha-1.^[23]

Alpha-1 PvE content

PvE content in Alpha-1:

There are over 200 quests in Alpha-1.^[77]
- Questing will be placeholder until Alpha-2.^[18]^[6]
Approximately 10 percent of the artisan system will be online in Alpha-1.^[80]^[19]
There are approximately 49 unique gear sets obtainable in Alpha-1.^[77]
- These are unique sets with different stats, but some may be similar in appearance.^[77]
There is no instancing in Alpha-1.^[76]
Approximately 6 or 7 dungeons with one almost raid-level difficulty.^[81]
Two world bosses requiring party-sized groups.^[81]
One true 40 person raid boss.^[81]
Alpha-1 castle sieges occur in a zone that is accessible via a NPC teleporter.^[76]^[77]^[78]^[32]
- This zone includes three Elder dragon raid bosses.^[77]^[75]
- These bosses will also appear in the open world outside the siege zone with slightly different mechanics.^[77]

There's over 200 quests in the game right now. There's a bunch of dungeons. We've retooled all of the boss fights. Those dragons that you see in the siege are also in the world- part of the open-world too. There will be a slightly different- there are some extra mechanics in the siege versions versus the ones that are in the world, but there's plenty of cool things to get on both of them, so make sure you check them out and hunt them down.^[77] – Jeffrey Bard

Artisan classes in Alpha-1

Handwerksklassen (Sammeln, Verarbeitung, Handwerkskunst) will come online fully in Alpha-2 and the Betas.^[80]^[19]

In Alpha One the core basics of what crafting represents as a gameplay loop that is represented. So that means that there are gatherables out there. You will have to have tools in order to service those gatherables. There will be processing that's necessary; and then there's crafting stations that are available and can be constructed by the players. This is in Alpha One. You have to collect the recipes, you have to collect the materials, and you have to refine the materials; and then you have to create the reagents and then use those to kind of create the final crafting component of that you're trying to create. So that in and of itself is present, but it is a very very small piece of really what will be the larger crafting puzzle for Alpha 2 and betas.^[80] – Steven Sharif

Approximately 10 percent of the artisan system will be online in Alpha-1. The core basics of the artisan gameplay loop will be facilitated via the merchant (NPC) system.^[77]^[80]^[19]
- Gatherables and gathering tools.^[80]
- Some processing/refining of materials.^[80]
- Rezepte will be able to be collected.^[80]
- Crafting stations will be available and can be constructed by players.^[80]

Crafting honestly will not come online in any sense of its true form until Alpha-2. Alpha-1 has essentially what are intended to be the core gameplay loop of crafting, meaning the collection of materials, the translation of those materials into processed goods, and the use of those processed goods into item acquisition. That's the core gameplay loop that is currently present in Alpha-1. But those are mostly facilitated kind of piggy backing the merchant systems right now and not actually using the real crafting system; and that's because crafting hasn't been completed in a form that can be implemented in Alpha-1, but will be for Alpha-2. What's present in Alpha-1 doesn't even really scratch the surface for crafting.^[19] – Steven Sharif