Jahreszeiten

Ashes of Creation Jahreszeiten in the Riverlands.^[1]

We hope you enjoyed the demonstration of our dynamic weather system on stream!^[2] – Cody Peterson

Jahreszeiten affect different zones (environments/biomes) based on their location in the world.^[3]^[4]

Some biomes will have seasons that are less (or more) temperate. For example: Northern, Southern and Tropical regions.^[5] Other biomes will have fixed climates.^[6]
- Biomes that are affected by seasonal cycles may experience drastic visual differences between seasons.^[3]
Events may radically change the current season a zone is in, or elongate it.^[7]^[8] This includes weather changes.^[4]
There will also be magical seasons where you might be in a tropical zone and suddenly it's snowing.^[5]
Gegenstände, crop cycles, buildings, and crafting mechanics might gain certain buffs or debuffs in certain seasons.^[7]^[9]^[4]

Winter might have a spawner that activates on a road that spawns at large fallen tree and players who see that will have an opportunity to go up and exert some type of one-time action that helps in removing that tree and it might require you know X number of people to do that before the tree gets removed; and that you know as an example is not beneficial for the transit of goods because as you know caravans require- well they don't require but they move better on roads and if that tree were present let's say blocking you know a road that led to a bridge per-se that they would have to off-road.^[4] – Steven Sharif

Different seasons may affect access to various roads.^[7]^[8]^[4]
- Pathways that are open during summer may be closed during winter.^[4]
- Seasonal affects may cause obstacles or blockages to the transit of goods via caravan.^[7]^[8]^[10]
- Water turning to ice in winter, enabling players to walk over the water but blocking access to what is underneath.^[4]
  - Ice will make roads bumpy and slippery.^[11]