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We wanted to sit down with the winners for a moment and ask a few questions about how was their Journey on Alvorsted S28
Great thanks to @akro and to all the realm members :)

It’s a time of focus and dedication in the Arkheim – Realms at War office. A few months to go until the next Early Access round starts. The clicking sounds of computer mice and keyboards fill the air as the team focuses on improving the gameplay experience for our Ascendants, based on the learnings of EA I.


We will tackle many topics including Player onboarding, PvP, Realm creation, and other quality-of-life improvements, desired by the community. In this very first sneak peek, we wish to…

Many of you have ascended into Eternal Light, but did you know ascension was not always a part of Arkheim - Realms at War? Back in the very first closed beta, there were no Ascensions or floating islands, but instead one huge continent for all players to explore as either Dwarves or Elves. Now, let’s dive deeper into the breaking of a continent.
Why did we break the continent?
Math.While we like the idea of exploring one huge new and wonderous continent, amundane thing called math lead to the…

If you have played one of the last rounds of Arkheim – Realms at War, you may be familiar with the problem of realms placing new towers right next to the ones being conquered, and this way avoid territory losses. An issue that the community brought up during the last game round.






We'd like to suggest a solution called“Contested Influence” - Towers in specific states can now create neutralinfluence.
The Contested Territory
Towers and Portals will create a “contestedterritory” around them…

Realms areat the very heart of Arkheim. You win, or you lose, as a team.


We all knowthat finding a good Realm makes all the difference, and that is why we haveheavily reworked the first steps in Arkheim - Realms at War, including a newtutorial phase and a better way to form Realms.
The right realm from the start
Finding theright Realm for yourself hasn’t always been easy. Growing your realm as thegame advances and absorbing less successful teams had a certain charmabout it, but we realized…

Friendships in Arkheim

In this short Dev-Diary, we reveal one other improvement that is currently work in progress: This improvement is all about friends and chat interactions and will go live very soon.




Invite a Friend to Arkheim
The time is ripe to enjoy the best moments in Arkheim with your closest friends and co-gamers. When starting a new game round you will be able to send out an invitation to a friend, either via link or email. Once your friend registers an account, you will be…

Low chants can now be heard from this towering construction.
Proudly emblazoned is a gem, eerily similar to the Arks of Arkheim.





The Goblins have had enough of being constantly ambushed by the new habitants of Arkheim and decided to unite!
Starting S7, you will encounter several NPC Realms on the map: The Goblin Realms.


In the mid- and late game, battles on the lower islands may become arduous at times as gaps between Realms become bigger and bigger. With the introduction of Goblin…

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New Warlords and Units


Some powerful reinforcement is on the way to the Elven and Dwarven warriors of Arkheim. Beginning with S11, 2 new Warlords and 2 new Units will be introduced!




New Warlords
For the late game, one Dwarven and one Elven Warlord will be unlocked with Level 108. These are not Premium Warlords and are therefore accessible for everyone.


Meet Lifrea
(Placeholder name)

“Parting enemies is such sweet sorrow...”


Unlock Level
108

Ability
Decreases Damage
taken by your…

Two new Warlords are joining the rows of Arkheim's armies. And with their arrival, a new era begins.




Dear Ascendants,


more content is nearing the shores of Arkheim and as usual, we would like to hear your feedback about the current development concepts that are work in progress. We would therefore like to invite you once again to a Discord-Dev-Talk with our game designer DarioR. Join us on Discord [URL:https://bit.ly/Arkheim_Discord] on Friday 26.11.21, starting at 4:00 PM CET to give…

What are our intentions behind the Concept?
The current Endgame has a few issues and missed opportunities we want to improve on. One of the most important points is to let the top Realms enjoy the full time of the endgame with the strategic most interesting content: The fight for Towers and Orbs. The weakest Realms in contrast get a clear and realistic goal they better can act on: Surviving on their island as long as possible. Also, we want Eternal Orbs not to be an alternative winning…

Daily Quests & Login Bonus



Just came back from the Dungeon when someone yelled
"5 POINTS TO THE GENTLEMAN WITH THE BLOODY ARMOR AND THE DEMON SKULL ON HIS PIKE!".
Must be some kind of new motivational program ...




Apart from the regular quests you have in your quest-book, you can also get rewarded every day for meaningful actions you do on daily basis. Those actions (daily quests) will give you points. When reaching a certain amount of points, you get different prizes such as Resources,…

We make War that we may ascend in peace


- Misquoted Aristotle


War & Peace:
Diplomacy is key to success in Arkheim. Look around you on the map and you will see dozens of neighboring Realms. Each of them has its own goals, strategies, and intentions, just like you. Can you benefit from each other? Or are you standing in each other's way? In a world where you can't know what other Realms are up to, it's important to have allies who can cover your back and help you fight mutual enemies. You…

Fighting the Goblins

There are various types of units in the world of Arkheim, and each unit type has its own bonus. Knowing the unit bonus helps select which targets to attack with an optimal army. In this guide, we will explain how to fight Goblins with so-called anti-goblin units. Thank you, Psyche, for the original Italian guide! [URL:https://forum.arkheim.com/forum/index.php?thread/1259]

What are these Anti-Goblin units?
Some units have a specific bonus against Goblins and offer you a…

The Items of Arkheim


No Warlord should go to battle naked. You can equip them with items that give your Warlord bonuses of different kinds. They may increase the initiatives of a particular troop-type, increase attack or defense values, increase the percentage of XP you gain during a battle or increase certain probabilities, for example, the probability to deal critical damage, resurrect troops, or poison the enemy’s troops. Equip your Warlords wisely. A bow increasing the strength of…

[… and all Elven and Dwarven eyes were fixed on the firmament as the glamour of the three moons foretold a new era. And every stick and stone and corner of the island was flooded with waves of arcane power. And with greater power, there too came greater opportunities …]
- Extracts from ‘The divine Moons IV’






A game round is split into Moon Phases. Different Moon Phases unlock different game features and allow further progress. Every Moon Phase brings new changes to the game:
Higher level…

Round, shiny, and useful. The fastest transportation device of Arkheim: The Portal. This article gives you a lesson in Portalogy for you to understand how to place, build, and defend your Portals in an efficient way.





What is the Portal good for?
Once a Portal is built and activated, you can instantly teleport your troops from the Ark to the Portal at any time. From the Portal, they can be sent to any other target. While Warlords are stationed at the Portal, they can be managed the same way…

PvP Battles at Towers

In the previous two articles, we learned how to expand territory [URL:https://forum.arkheim.com/index.php?article/31-hall-of-wisdom-towers-and-territory/] with Towers, claim supplies, and generate Orbs [URL:https://forum.arkheim.com/index.php?article/32-hall-of-wisdom-towers-and-orb-production/]. All important aspects that make the Towers so valuable and desirable targets. In this third article about Towers, we will learn how to defend our Towers while raiding our…

PvP Fighting Sequence







Warlord Pairings and striking order
If a group of Warlords from the attacking Realm meets another group of Warlords from the defending Realm, the Warlord pairings are defined by the total fighting strength of the Warlords. The Warlords with the highest fighting strength on each side face each other first, then the second-highest, and so forth.


Slot attack order
Each Warlord has 3 troop slots. When a battle begins the troop slots are being sorted so that for each…

I can feel it in my bones, the day is upon us and we will be victorious! Enemies will be crushed under our hammers! But it is not today... Retreat!!


Time to retreat and relocate
In a situation where one Realm is clearly weaker than another Realm, the game can get hopeless for the weaker Realm. A defeated team that has lost most of its supplies, troops, and towers will have a very hard time recovering if it keeps being located next to one or more mighty Realms. The features “Retreat” and…