It starts in less than two weeks: Lost Ark, the currently most awaited new MMORPG, is starting here in Europe – and as we can always read from your comments, many of you can hardly wait for the release.
Now there’s good news for everyone waiting: Publisher Amazon has now announced the exact time for the launch of the EU version. In this article we explain when you can preload Lost Ark, the release time for buyers of the Founder Packs and normal players and what else you need to know about the EU servers.
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Lost Ark is a large and complex online role-playing game. Newcomers tend to lose track of things. That’s why we’ve put together helpful guides to the MMO. We explain the basic mechanics of Lost Ark and give you useful tips and tricks:
Check out our Lost Ark guide overview for more tips.
Lost Ark: All important information about the launch
Preload: When can you download Lost Ark?
Lost Ark pre-download begins on February 7, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. Europe time. From this point on, you can download the Lost Ark release client at PlayLostArk.com or download it on Steam. After the download, however, you still have no option to create a character or you to reserve a character name.
Release time: When exactly does it start?
As you probably know by now, Lost Ark will be released on February 11, 2022. Anyone who has bought one of the Founder Packs can dive into the Archesia game world three days earlier – on February 8th.
Access should be on both days from 6 p.m. Europe time to be possible. Depending on how big the player rush is, it may take a while before you really get on the server.
By the way, you can find all the important information about the Founder Packs that give you early access in the following article:
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All Founder’s Packs explained – what exactly does that do for me?
Securing names: how does it work?
Lost ark content won’t run away if you’re not there at launch, but good character names might be. There is only one name per server. So if you want to secure a popular or frequently occurring name for your character, you have to be quick.
In order to reserve the desired name, you must complete the character creation process. Only when your hero or heroine also appears in the character overview can you be sure that you have secured the name. However, this can only be done after the launch on February 8th at 6 p.m., not after the preload of Lost Ark has been completed.
danger: If you delete a character, the name will not be released immediately. So pay special attention to choosing the right class, because this can no longer be changed – the appearance, however, can, but only for real money.
You can see the really complex character creation, which leaves nothing to be desired, in the following trailer:
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Lost Ark: New trailer explains the character creation
All information about the servers
There will be a total of nine different servers in Europe when Lost Ark is launched. So if you ever want to meet up with friends or other GameStar readers, you can choose from the list below:
- Neria
- Kadan
- Trixion
- Calvasus
- Thirain
- Zinnervale
- To stay
- Wei
- Slen
Unfortunately, there are no dedicated Europe servers. Instead you will meet players from all sorts of European countries. If you are looking for Europe players, there are guaranteed to be dozens of Europe-speaking guilds on every server. Joining a guild has many advantages anyway, which we explain to you in our big guild guide:
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This is how you found a guild – and what advantages it has
Do you want to play together with other GameStar readers? Then use the comment function or talk to each other in the Lost Ark thread in the GameStar forum!
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