The week’s end approaches — which means the Tower’s doors will soon open again for more playtesting. If you didn’t get a chance to try Spires game mode last week, worry not: we’re running Spires again, for both Community Night in NA on Thursday, and for Friday Night Fights in NA, EU, and Asia.

Here’s what’s going on this week:

• Featured Mode: Spires (Thursday AND Friday!)

• Thursday Community Night: NA

  • Pre-game “Tower Hour” dev stream in Discord

• Friday Night Fights: NA, EU, Asia

  • Team Keyaledis stream takeover!

New to Arkheron’s weekly playtests? 

• Get your Key: If you’ve never played in Community Night or Friday Night Fights (hey, welcome!) you can still get an Arkheron Playtest key through a FirstLook friend invite from an existing player, or by signing up on FirstLook here. 

• Join our Discord: A lot of the action - including Dev Q&As, custom games, and team finding takes place on Discord! Join the Arkheron Discord here!

Featured Mode: Spires

Spires is back this week! Spires is our version of an “Arena” mode, aimed to help players (old and new) sharpen their skills in combat.

Keep in mind: this is still an early iteration of what we want Spires to become, and even more than usual, we want to hear all your feedback. Unlike Turbo and Blitz Ascension modes, we see Spires as a mode that has the potential to become a mainstay game mode in Arkheron, just like core Ascension. 

With that in mind, we look forward to shaping it with your help!

Community Night - May 14 

A slower-paced, fun-filled night of Arkheron— and in this case, Spires.

Invite your Crew

We’re planning Community Night with new players in mind - we’d love to build a space where everyone feels comfortable inviting their friends to try out Arkheron! Leaderboards will be turned off, and we highly encourage our experienced playtesters to pair up with newer players to impart their wisdom. Use the #looking-for-group channel in Discord to find new allies!

Join us for Tower Hour

Join us in Discord at 6 pm PT for “Tower Hour,” where we’ll talk about community-made content, give you an inside look at what our devs are working on, and chat with some of our high-skill players, Bolbi and Nethy, about Build Theory and their approach to Spires.

Queue up for Spires 

At 7 pm PT, the doors to the Tower will open and Spires queues will run from 7 to 9 pm PT, just like Friday Night Fights

Learn or Teach in Ascension Customs

Once the Spires queues wind down at 9 pm PT, we’ll close the stream and open up Custom Ascension Games lobbies for players of all skill levels to hop in. We’ll be aiming to pair up newer players with more experienced players and developers - if you’re looking to learn, or looking to help teach, we’d love to have you join!

Friday Night Fights - May 15

Come back the next day for Friday Night Fights and more Spires action— this week, it's another community takeover! Community members Keyaledis, Arcala, Lam, and Pugtayto will queue up during NA Spires and stream their shenanigans to Arkheron’s Discord, Twitch and YouTube channels. 

We’ll run Spires queues in Asia, Europe, and North America at the usual times. Read more here. 

No leaderboard this week — so go ahead, try that new build you’re not sure about!

After Hours Custom Games

Once NA queues wind down at 9 pm PT, we’ll run After Hours Customs — when it’s time, check Discord for the code. Arcala will be our Custom Lobby host, and Keyaledis will spectate and shoutcast the games live.

See you in the Tower!

Arkheron’s Community Nights and Friday Night Fights are how we play, learn, and grow alongside our community, while testing out exciting new features and fine-tuning the game to its optimal state.

During these playtests, you can expect us to experiment with a variety of limited modes and activities to help us better tailor the experience, understand how you all like to play Arkheron, and help us beat up new additions to the game. We’re learning as you play, so expect quick iterations and changes that feel very work-in-progress.