Archeage Unchained

Overview
Archeage Unchained (AAU) was announced on 19th August 2019. It has the same content and the same updates as legacy Archeage, but features a new monetization model:


 * You pay once upfront.
 * No patron status or subscription model, everyone is effectively a Patron.
 * Rebalancing and reworking of the Marketplace, so that it doesn't offer gameplay advantages anymore, but rather is purely cosmetic.
 * Archepass was added, similar in style to a Battlepass on many various platforms for FPS games. Using a tier system, there are two paths just like other Battlepass systems.  One is the basic free path where all items which may be considered P2W previously is housed.  The other is a premium path which houses cosmetic items.

All future content updates will be shared by the legacy version, and the Unchained version.

There are no plans for carrying over characters and items, it is a completely new beginning.

Archeage Unchained is launching October 15.

As of December 2021, AAU has been handed over to Kakao Games from Gamigo/Trion. XL Games and Kakao have decided to also keep the NA and EU clients updated at the same time as the Korean ones from now on. There will eventually be no gap in patch releases from Korea to the other regions.

Pricing
The game has 3 seperate pricing tiers for the preorder:

Silver Chainbreaker: $25.99

Gold Chainbreaker: $49.99

Archeum Chainbreaker: $79.99

As of December 2021, Archeage Unchained has converted to a subscription model and cosmetic shop.

Players who previously purchased one of the packages recieve 60 days of game time and 30 days extra as a trial. Anyone that purchased DLC's also recieve extra game time for each DLC purchased.