Character creation

Creating a Character
Creating your character is arguably the most important part of your experience in any MMO. It's important to create a character that you can relate to; that suits your personality as well as play style. You're going to be spending a lot of time with it.

Server
The first step in creating a character is picking the correct server. Always consider the server's rule set and location. ArcheAge servers are not interconnected so it's also wise to find out where your friends are playing.

Server types available in the Trion(NA) version of ArcheAge are currently unknown.

Faction/Race
Now the fun part begins; actually creating your character.

There are four races, spread over two continents in ArcheAge. The spiritual Nuians and the secretive Elves share the western continent- Nuia. While the nomadic Firran and cunning Harani inhabit the eastern lands- Haranya. The races are connected by loose ties long preceding the Exodas.

However, allegiances are fluid and further complicated by the outlaw and Pirate factions inhabiting the world.

Haranya

 * Firran- Loyal warriors who live a wild life. Probably the best race!
 * Harani- Pragmatists and Pioneers of Haranya.

Nuia

 * Elf- Forest hermits who live for honor.
 * Nuian- Passionate conquerors of the west.

Appearance
After selecting a race the player is able to customize their character's appearance in a variety of ways, including sliders to adjust the shape of the face and facial features, selecting hair styles and colors, and selecting and positioning tattoos and scars.

Customization of appearance is finalized upon completion of the player character. At this time you can not re-customize appearance. Be wary of clipping issues, such as long hair/pony tails.

Class
Traditionally the most important aspect of creating your character. This dictates how your character will be played, their abilities, their ideal equipment and much more.

During creation you can choose from six(6) of the ten(10) basic classes. Your initial choices are:
 * Battlerage- Melee/Warrior. Wields either a large two-handed weapon or dual wields smaller weapons.
 * Sorcery- Caster/Wizard. Focuses on offensive elemental spells.
 * Vitalism- Caster/Healer. Focuses on healing spells.
 * Occultism- Caster/Sorcerer. Focuses on dark/unholy magic for offensive spells.
 * Archery- Ranged/Marksman. Uses a bow to attack from range and traps to stay there.
 * Shadowplay- Melee/Rogue. Uses fast melee and burst attacks to take out enemies quickly before vanishing.

Don't worry about your initial choice too much as ArcheAge has several features to make class selection much less stressful. You can change your class at several NPCs in game and select up to three(3) at a time for 120 unique combinations. See Classes.

Name
At this time there are no planned restrictions on names as far as roleplaying is concerened. As always offensive/vulgar/controversial names are discouraged and can lead to disciplinary action.

Names must be unique and can not contain spaces.

Deletion
Characters can be deleted by selecting the "Delete" option at the bottom of the screen and typing the player character's name when prompted. Character deletion requires a wait period ranging from a few minutes to a few days depending on character level.