Ranked Arena Season 2 Rankings
Ethereal Moon (US) 1v1 IronMaidenCS 1211 BurntToast 1133 DiaBLo 1087 Backbreaker Bawbie 1084 Elle 1073 Alma Negra 1065 MelbaToast 1062 WizardBoys24 1047 Morros 1041 bukkake 1039 2v2 DiaBLo 1114 Morros 1114 [...]
US Server Merge – How to Merge
Greetings, adventurers! As many of you know, we are preparing to merge all of our US players into a single server. These are the steps that will be taken to make [...]
All Updates Since Early Access Launch
Greetings Adventurers! As you know, we will finally be bringing Legends of Aria to Steam Early Access on August 6th, 2019! We're excited to share where we're going, inspired by [...]
Job Posting: World Artist
World Artist Citadel Studios is an independent game developer building next-generation sandbox games inspired by legends like Ultima, EVE Online, and Star Wars Galaxies. We’re searching for a highly talented and creative World Artist [...]
Point Release 2 – Dungeon Expansion Update is Live!
Greetings Adventurers, We are happy to announce that our wilderness dungeons finally got the love that they deserve. Not only are they twice the size, they each have a style that [...]
Point Release 2 – Dungeon Expansion – January 31st 2019
In-game Store The in-game store is initially going live with loyalty purchases only Initial store inventory: Soulstone (1200 Loyalty) - Allows for the storage of up to 100 skill points of any skill. The [...]
Release Schedule Update and Development Blog
Release Schedule Update We have a few updates for you regarding our plans for the next two content updates and our launch on the Steam store. On January 17th, we will [...]
Letter from the Project Lead – January 3rd 2019
Greetings Adventurers, First we want to wish everyone a Happy New Year and we sincerely hope you all have a great 2019. I'm sure you have all read the patch notes [...]
Job Posting: Game Programmer
Game Programmer Citadel Studios is looking for an experienced programmer to join the development efforts for our flagship MMORPG Legends of Aria. We are a 100% remote independent studio that is dedicated to building the [...]
Karma Reset, Account Rewards, and Headstart Hotfix Notes
Greetings Adventurers, First, I want to say how amazing it is to watch our community fill out the world of Celador on our official servers. If you haven't gotten a chance [...]
The Headstart is Live!
Greetings Adventurers, This is a big moment for Legends of Aria! We have performed the final character wipe and all of our Founder's Pack owners can finally begin making their homes [...]
Feature Highlight: Karma System (with VIDEO)
https://youtu.be/tLT0hNbcIXc Avoiding the "gankbox" in an open PvP MMORPG Jeffrey "Miphon" Edwards Part of achieving a true virtual world involves incorporating elements of good and evil, risk and [...]
Citadel Studios Is Growing – New Positions Available
Citadel Studios is Growing Citadel Studios is recruiting talented and driven individuals to join our team. If you share a passion for creating living breathing worlds and working in a driven and [...]
NDA Update
NDA Lifted, Indefinitely. Players of the Legends of Aria Closed Beta remain free to discuss, stream and share their experiences online. Many community members, content creators and fans of Legends of [...]
Closed Beta I Announcement and Server Update
We are keeping the official server open! Greetings Citizens of Aria! At our Town Hall event on Friday we announced some big news about our official server, Azure Sky. The sad [...]
Closed Beta I Update
Greetings Citizens of Aria! We have lots of information to share with you about our upcoming beta test period, Closed Beta I. Here's the need to know info: Founder's Pack [...]
Last Chance to Get Crowdfunding Rewards!
Good news everyone! As we approach Beta, we will be transitioning to Founder's Packs for presales. OnDecember 29, 2017 we will officially close our crowdfunding campaign and the rewards from those tiers [...]
Alpha Newbie Tips an Tricks with MJ from Massively Overpowered
We joined MJ's stream to give her some tips and tricks for newbies. Check it out and share with your friends!
Final Alpha Is Live!
Legends of Aria Gets Massive Update with Latest Test Hello friends and adventurers, Today, Citadel Studios is proud to announce that the Final Alpha for their upcoming sandbox MMORPG Legends of Aria is now underway. [...]
Final Alpha Launching September 28th
UPDATE: The Final Alpha release date has been pushed to September 28th. See forum post for details. Greetings Travelers! We are excited to announce that the official Legends of Aria [...]
Development Blog – 3. End of Alpha 2
Last Monday marked the end of Legends of Aria Alpha 2. Our Alpha was live for a little over 7 weeks and was played by thousands of pledges. We want to [...]
Focused Alpha – Patch 3 is Live!
Greetings Travelers! The final content patch for Alpha 2 went live today. Along with all of the great new features, we also have introduced a solution for the stuttering some [...]
Focused Alpha – Patch 1 is Live!
The Legends of Aria Focused Alpha went live this weekend and players have taken their first steps in New Celador. We'd like to take this opportunity to give you an update on what's [...]
Development Blog – 1. Skills & Combat Primer
Welcome to the first edition of the Legends of Aria Development Blog. We’ll be posting updates bi-weekly, keeping you up to date with our developments and designs [...]
Legends of Aria: Announcement for Alpha 2
Today we are announcing the date for the start of Legends of Aria - Alpha 2 and a change to how we conduct play-testing. Shards Online has evolved and Legends of Aria [...]
Derek ‘Supreem’ Brinkmann Addressed Community Regarding Legends of Aria Announcement
https://youtu.be/4xLQuTlaIo4
PAX East 2017 Teaser Released
https://youtu.be/IMlgIk8bkQQ
Steam Head Start!
We are very excited to launch Legends of Aria on Steam in the upcoming months. A topic of discussion that has come up frequently amongst the team is how do we wipe the slate [...]
Alpha is Live!
Alpha is Live! Today we are proud to unveil the first official Alpha build for Shards Online! This build is now running on our official server, Shards of Aria, and we [...]
Alpha Release 1 Patch Notes
European Parallel Universe Europa (EU) Celador and Outlands regions are now open Craftable Gatestones (alchemy) can be used to open portals between US & EU Regions. World Dungeons and Catacombs Revamp New Dungeon: Contempt - Void [...]
Alpha Launch Date Announced
Greetings Citizens of Aria We are excited to announce our official Alpha Launch date! Starting on January 13th, Shards Online will enter the next phase of development with our much anticipated Alpha Release Build. [...]
Alpha Preview: 0.3.5 Hotfix #1 & #2
Thank you all for the feedback and bugtesting. We have released our latest patch with the following changes. Published 09/29/2016 Changes Crafting: Alchemy recipes reshuffled and revised. Recipes reshuffled. Crafting gains increased greatly. Can [...]
0.3.4 Patch Notes: Catacombs Lower Level and so so much more!
Patch notes can be discussed here. (Pledged Alpha Supporters Only) Player Run Merchants Anything can be listed for sale including containers with items inside Initial charge of 100 coins and 10% commision for all sales. In [...]
Vote for us on Steam Greenlight!
Help us expose the Steam Community to Shards Online. Vote for us now!
0.3.3 Patch Notes: Catacombs Levels 1 and 2
Clusters: WARNING: Clusters are currently unstable. We may switch Azure Sky back and forth between a cluster and a standalone map as we work to improve the stability over the next couple weeks. To see [...]
Community Roundtable and PvP Tournament Wrap-up
We had a great time during the community roundtable talking about our progress, development priorities, and answering questions from the community. If you missed it, you can watch the whole thing on Twitch.tv: http://www.twitch.tv/shardsonline/v/36195896 Our first Tournament of [...]
September Community Roundtable and Playtest Highlights
This weekend we had our Pre-alpha 3 Preview weekend stress test and it was a smashing hit! Over 100 people participated with a combined total of 196 hours played. The surveys are going out to [...]
MassivelyOP: Proposing the ‘Persistent Online World’ Game
Last week, our comments erupted over some game studios’ haphazard use of the term “MMO” — and how that overuse and misuse has possibly tainted the genre, leading other studios to avoid its use altogether. [...]
MMORPG.com Feature: A revolution in player freedom
Shards Online is a game that in its understated way is going to change the way MMOs are developed by bringing the community to bear in a way that has never been done before. Citadel [...]
Pre-Alpha 2 Officially Released
Today marks a huge step forward for Shards Online. The Shard Server is now in the hands of our Pre-Alpha Admins ($200+ tiers). This means they are running their own servers and learning the modding [...]
Pre-alpha Playtest Special Event – Saturday, December 20th, 2pm EST
Since we promised all of our Founders level backers (75$+) a playtest before the end of the year, we will be hosting a special playtest event this Saturday, December 20th, 2pm EST. We will be [...]
Q&A with Project Lead Derek ‘Supreem’ Brinkmann
We asked project lead Derek 'Supreem' Brinkmann some commonly asked questions about the overall vision for the game. Check it out and share it with your friends! (2:22) http://youtu.be/w3mrkUEo_EY