Early Access Content

"[toc]\n# Early Access\nThis is a **non-official summary of all** the information and available content regarding the ongoing **[Early Access](https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/6554-ED29-FBDB-1612)** \u0026 beyond. It's meant mostly for people who are interested in the game but don't play or follow it closely with all the ongoing **development beans** from different sources. Hopefully you get a little insight to whats already part of a playable world and whats still on the development road map.\n\n## Non-official EA Roadmap \n\nThis is just a very **quick but not complete summery** of major things which are **known** and were shown in streams for this year. You can find more detailed information bellow this overview. **And yes, keep in mind things are always subject to change.** \n\n**Shortterm:**\n\nJANUARY\n- Transition to Unity 6! \n- Knightwolf Camps (level 23-30 - solo)\n- Knightwolf Knoll Dungeon (level 24-32 - group)\n- More itemisation for level 20-35\n\nFEBRUARY\n- More lower level Wild's End Quests \u0026 Lore! (Ongoing)\n- New Wildblood camps in Silent Plains (31-40)\n- Consideration system rework!\n- More Class improvements and kit/abilities up to level 40 (ongoing)\n - Shaman \n- Revamped Jewelcrafting\n\nMARCH\n- Druid class\n- More Class improvements and kit/abilities up to level 40 (ongoing)\n - Cleric\n - Tanks \n- Gathering Nodes/Mat (ongoing)\n - WE Moor'vaki Swamps\n - Ironroot Slopes\n- PVP Server (Raw Wild West Style) will be announced 2 weeks ahead\n\n**Midterm:**\n- Gathering Nodes/Mat (ongoing)\n - AVP Lost Orc's Valley\n - Eastern Plains\n - Silent Plains\n- New Armor models/visuals\n- More Class improvements and kit/abilities up to level 40 (ongoing)\n - Casters\n - Melees\n- Ash Breather Cave Dungeon (level 35-40) in Silent Plains\n- Adjusting spell costs and gold drops\n- Item stacking :)\n- New Wildblood models in Silent Plains\n- Golden Fangs in Silent Plains\n- Need \u0026 greed system\n\n**Longterm:**\n- First Raid target in ABC\n- First Major boss encounter in HC\n- Black Rose Keep ZONE\n- Dead Shoals POI in Eastern Plains\n- Bard class\n- G.n...o..m.e... invasion...\n\n\n____\n\n\n## Little Backstory\n- Visionary Realms is a **very very small, passionate \u0026 independent indie game studio** developing the long-anticipated MMORPG called Pantheon - Rise of the Fallen.\n- Pantheon is an old school \"Everquest\" inspired game with its own **unique**ness in the MMORPG world.\n- It's a strongly **social driven** MMORPG game with complex game systems and **challenging** content.\n- The combat has a strategic and **quadrinity group play** approach (Tank, Healer, DD, Supporter: Crowd Control)\n- No hand holding, classic **old school** MMORPG experience.\n- It's an open development MMORPG. \n- The game operates on the Unity 6 version.\n\n## General information's\n- **EA release:** 13th December 2024\n- **Price:** The EA price is 39,99 $ on **[Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3107230/Pantheon_Rise_of_the_Fallen/)** or at (some point of time) the **[VR Shop](https://shop.visionaryrealms.com/)**. This includeds also the full game at release.\n\n- **EA Head-start:** 24h head/teststart for all Founders\n- **[Early Access](https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/6554-ED29-FBDB-1612) is not a soft launch of the game!** Pantheon is still in a pre-release state and needs development time. \n- **Wipes:** There can be wipes if something related needs to be tested or changed, but the general consensus is to keep them at the absolute minimum which can even mean there won't be any wipes up until the release.\n- **Server uptime:** The servers will stay up 24/7. There may be server downtimes during EA for patching or maintenance.\n- **Servers:** Characters will be locked to their chosen server (no server hopping). However there're different shards within a server which can be used. \n- **Server Capacity:** Each available EA server has a minimum of 500 player capacity. This will change and adjusted as soon as more zones and content will be available. If a server is full an additional mirror server (shard) will appear in the server select window. Players can hop between the shard but not between servers.\n- **Subscription:** No subscription fees during the EA.\n- **Level cap:** EA release content level cap is level 40.\n\n\n## Setting up expectations!\n\n| \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgreen\"\u003ePLAAY TIIME! | \u003cspan style=\"color:yellow\"\u003eDon't play yet!| |\n| --- | -- | ----: |\n| \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgreen\"\u003eI just want to play challenging content in groups and have fun!\u003c/span\u003e| \u003cspan style=\"color:yellow\"\u003eI want a fully fleshed out group game play experience!\u003c/span\u003e | \n| \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgreen\"\u003eI don't care about the rare and required wipes. \u003c/span\u003e| \u003cspan style=\"color:yellow\"\u003eI want to keep all of my progression!\u003c/span\u003e | \n| \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgreen\"\u003eI want explorer whatever is available!\u003c/span\u003e| \u003cspan style=\"color:yellow\"\u003eI want to explorer all of Kingsreach!\u003c/span\u003e | \n| \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgreen\"\u003eGuild: Let's dive together into some advantures! :) \u003c/span\u003e| \u003cspan style=\"color:yellow\"\u003eI'm looking for raids and at least one raid zone.\u003c/span\u003e | \n| \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgreen\"\u003eI can't swim...\u003c/span\u003e| \u003cspan style=\"color:yellow\"\u003eI want underwater content.\u003c/span\u003e | \n| \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgreen\"\u003eWhich items I'm gone chase today?\u003c/span\u003e| \u003cspan style=\"color:yellow\"\u003eBut I want to play my perfect Pantheon!\u003c/span\u003e | \n\n## Character Development\n\n**6/9 playable Races**:\n- **[Human](https://www.pantheonmmo.com/game/races/humans/)** (Thronefast) \n- **[Dwarf](https://www.pantheonmmo.com/game/races/dwarves/)** (Thronefast*) \n- **[Elf (Ember)](https://www.pantheonmmo.com/game/races/elves/)** (Wilds End*) \n- **[Halfling](https://www.pantheonmmo.com/game/races/halflings/)** (Wilds End) \n- **[Ogre](https://www.pantheonmmo.com/game/races/ogres/)** (Reignfall races encampment - The Barrowdark - in Kingsreach) \n- **[Dark Myr](https://www.pantheonmmo.com/game/races/dark-myr/)** (Reignfall races encampment - The Barrowdark - in Kingsreach) \n\n- **Character creator part 1**: Hair, facial hair, hair color, skin tones and maybe eyes color. \n- **Racials pearks part 1**: Includes racial visions \u0026 starting stats.\n- **Very Basic Beginner Tutorial**\n- **Guild systems Part 1**: Guild invites, guild chat, guild list\n- **Improved loot system** \n- **Storage/Banking**\n- **Group LFG\u0026LFM finder**\n- **Friends list**\n- **Reworked Armor**: Tier 1-3\n- **UI improvements**\n\n\n## The Realm of Terminus\n- **Day \u0026 night cycles** 59/29mins\n- **Day \u0026 night spawns**\n- **Weather system**\n- **Extrem Climates system**: Frigid,..\n- **Climbing system**\n- **Swimming**: First part of implementation.\n- **Lighting system**\n- **General quests**: Some general quests. Quests won't be the main way for experience and there won't be quest hubs. Quest will be the main way to progress factions.\n- **Reapetable quests**\n- **Hidden things** to discover.\n- **Reworked itemisation**\n- **PVL Audio**: Sound and audio landscapes of the game.\n\n**6 playable Zones**:\n\u003cspoiler\u003e\u003c/spoiler\u003e \n- **Thronefast**: Starting area of Humans and temporarily for Dwarfs, Dark Myr and Ogres.\n\n- **Avendyr’s Pass** \n\n- **Halnir Cave Dungeon**\n\n- **Wilds End**: Starting area for the Halflings and temporarily for the High Elves.\n\n- **Eastern Plains** (Hills of Ru'lun)\n\n- **Silent Plains**\n\n\n## The Combat Systems\n\n- **Interdependent class system**\n- **Skills**: All classes will have skill upgrades at least up to level 20. \n- **Chevrons**: Distinction marks between single player npcs and elite / group npcs.\n- **Enemy Awareness**: Enemies choose their actions and tactics based on the circumstances at hand.\n- **Limited Action Sets**: LAS, impactful group synergy/debuff system, difficulty balance between normal and dungeon enemy npcs.\n- **Traits \u0026 Dispositions system**: Traits \u0026 Dispostionss tables for enemies. \u003cspoiler\u003eRandom pool (0-3) of traits per enemy. The higher the rank the more traits can be present.\n- **Death Penalty**: Exp loss, deleveling, regainable exp: 25-50% from ressurection, corpse dragging, corpse summoning.\n- **Macros**\n- **Improved combat animation!**\n- **New spell VFX**\n\n\n**12/14 playable Classes**\n\n- **Tanks**: [Warrior*](https://www.pantheonmmo.com/game/classes/warrior/), [Paladin](https://www.pantheonmmo.com/game/classes/paladin/), [Dire Lord](https://www.pantheonmmo.com/game/classes/dire-lord/) \n\n- **Healers**: [Cleric](https://www.pantheonmmo.com/game/classes/cleric/), [Shaman](https://www.pantheonmmo.com/game/classes/shaman/)\n\n- **Melees**: [Monk](https://www.pantheonmmo.com/game/classes/monk/), [Rogue](https://www.pantheonmmo.com/game/classes/rogue/), [Ranger](https://www.pantheonmmo.com/game/classes/ranger/)\n\n- **Caster**: [Wizard](https://www.pantheonmmo.com/game/classes/wizard/), [Summoner](https://www.pantheonmmo.com/game/classes/summoner/)\n\n- **Support**: [Enchanter](https://www.pantheonmmo.com/game/classes/enchanter/), [Necromancer](https://www.pantheonmmo.com/game/classes/necromancer)\n\n\n- Please be aware the stats in this info graphic don't represent the exact same stats from the ingame character creation screen. It's just meant to be an example for how the stats are allocated for all the different races.\n- You can allocate additional stat points while creating a new character.\n- You can also check for more information the in-depth guide for [Character Creation](https://shalazam.info/guides/25-character-creation-primary-attributes).\n\n\n## Crafting \u0026 Harvesting \nThe crafting and harvesting spheres are functional but not fully fleshed out as intended (30/100%), especially the crafting professions and all its mini game aspects. \n\n- Crafting \u0026 harvesting levels are restricted to our current adventuring level! This will change in the future when the full crafting profession system will be in.\n- At the start of EA you can choose two of the following crafting professions. Be aware you won't be able to change them at the current phase of development!\n\n\n**Equipment \u0026 Consumable crafting professions**:\n\n- **Weaponsmithing** Smelting(Refining), metal weapons \u0026 tools\n- **Armorsmithing**: Smelting(Refining), metal armor and metal item \n\n- **Tailering**: Weaving(Refining), cloth armor and cloth items\n\n- **Leatherworking**: Tanning(Refining), Leather armor and leather items\n\n- **Fletching**: Woodworking(Refining), wood weapons and tools\n- **Carpenter**: Woodworking(Refining), wood shields and wood items\n- **Provisioner**: Cooking \u0026 Brewing\n- **Alchemist**: Potions, Essences \u0026 Alchemical crafting resources\n\n**Harvesting:** (T1-4)\n\n- **Skinning**: \u003cspoiler\u003eLeatherworker, Provisioner, Alchemist,..\n- **Mining**: \u003cspoiler\u003eWeaponsmith, Armorsmith, Jewelcrafter, Alchemist,..\n- **Gathering**: \u003cspoiler\u003eProvisioner, Alchemist, Tailor,..\n- **Woodcutting**: \u003cspoiler\u003eFletching, Carpenter, Provisioner,...\n- **Salvaging**: \u003cspoiler\u003eMost commonly dropped weapons, armor, and shields for a chance of appropriate-level crafting materials.\n- **Scavanging** \n\n\n---\n## Post EA Cadence\n\u003cspan style=\"color:lightgrey\"\u003eIt's planned to resume with the seasons and to continue to release the missing parts and aspects like it was done in 2024. **The following list isn't official, it's just a summary of things we know about.** Changes to this list will most likely happen!\n\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgrey\"\u003eScribe profession\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgrey\"\u003ePerception system: Lore and story driven pings but also some other leads. Keepers Tome. Keeper will be needed in certain situations of the game play. \n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgrey\"\u003ePulse Engine: Tool for all NPC placements, wandering, routines, paths, quests, small and big branching dialog.\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgrey\"\u003eMajor storyline quests: For the main areas.\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgrey\"\u003eClasses: Druid \u0026 Bard \n\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgrey\"\u003eRaces: Archai, Gnome \u0026 Skar \n\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgrey\"\u003eBlack Rose Keep Zone: The Keep, Canyons \n\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgrey\"\u003eFaerthale Zone: 3rd starting area, Old Wood, Lo’thale, Temples of Dusk and Dawn, Faerthale Forest, Lucent Tree, Redgrove, Faerthale City \n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgrey\"\u003e Wilds End : Wellpond, Daedrym Ascent 40+ \u0026 The Gate 45+\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgrey\"\u003e Eastern Plains: Mad Run Dungeon eastern tunnels, Dead Shoals\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgrey\"\u003e Silent Plains: Grandfather Thorn, Ash Breather Cave, Golden Fangs, Wildbloods\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgrey\"\u003eUnique spells like for example Glide spell scroll (rare and hard to get) or run speed\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgrey\"\u003eVeil of Azeris Zone\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgrey\"\u003eEncounter system: Advanced boss encounters for major bosses and raid encounters\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgrey\"\u003eRaids: Open world contested raids (worldbosses), instanced raid bosses (rooms) and open world raid zones.\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgrey\"\u003eRework of the Mastery System (after all classes are in)\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgrey\"\u003eNew Water system (Unity 6 Update)\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgrey\"\u003eTier 4-5 Armor\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgrey\"\u003eCloaks\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgrey\"\u003eAll major area questlines\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgrey\"\u003eEpic questlines\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgrey\"\u003eGroup loot system (Need/Greed)\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgrey\"\u003eCooking and Alchemy revamp\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgrey\"\u003eAdvanced crafting professions\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgrey\"\u003eCrafting profession gear\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgrey\"\u003eAdvanced character creator\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgrey\"\u003eFaction system\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgrey\"\u003eMore Emotes\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgrey\"\u003eSpell Loadouts\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgrey\"\u003eUnique skills\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgrey\"\u003eSituational gear\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgrey\"\u003eExtrem Climates 5/6: Toxic, Scorching (Heat), Anaerobic (Oxygen), Pressure (Underwater), Wind Shear\n\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgrey\"\u003eFractures (former Atmospheres): Is a tear or disruption of energies within the realm of Terminus causing certain unique (not dynamic) events. Examples: Silencing Mists, Fog of Confusion, Frenetic Floor, Curse of Intangibility, Heavy Air, Shifting Walls \n\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgrey\"\u003eArtefacts\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgrey\"\u003eEpic Abilities: From Epic Questlines \n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgrey\"\u003eAchievements\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgrey\"\u003eThe Progeny system: A way to unlock certain race and class combinations.\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgrey\"\u003eMount system\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgrey\"\u003eTrading system\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgrey\"\u003eHousing\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgrey\"\u003eShips: Building \u0026 traveling\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgrey\"\u003eMentoring system\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgrey\"\u003eSeamless world: Mostly no zones\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgrey\"\u003eSome (4-5) zones of the Reignfall continent? (in the west, home to the Dark Myr, Ogre and Skar races) \n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgrey\"\u003e Some (4-5) zones of the Whitethaw continent? (in the north, home to the Archai, Dwarf and Gnome)\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgrey\"\u003eThronefast City Zone: Sewers, Port, City districts\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgrey\"\u003eFerries: Transporation within and between the continents. For example: Kingsreach: Port of Ru'lun - Port of Thronefast\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgrey\"\u003eIsle of Infinite Storms: Wind Shear Acclimation, Raid Zone, The Sleepless One Raid encounter\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgrey\"\u003eCosmetic Shop: There is no clear statement about this topic, just open Dev discussions. There will be very likely a shop but with respect to the DNA of the game!\n\n\n## Post Release copium\n\u003cspan style=\"color:grey\"\u003eRequirements: Unlock the \"Alternative Universe\" Achievement\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:grey\"\u003eThe missing zones of the Kingsreach extensions \n - \u003cspan style=\"color:grey\"\u003eThe Murk Dungeon Zone: Swamps \n - \u003cspan style=\"color:grey\"\u003eVae Wood Zone\n - \u003cspan style=\"color:grey\"\u003eSouth Saol Zone\n - \u003cspan style=\"color:grey\"\u003eThe Roans Zone\n - \u003cspan style=\"color:grey\"\u003eTower of the Reckless Magician\n\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:grey\"\u003eThe missing zones of the Reignfall continent \n\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:grey\"\u003eThe missing zones of the Whitethaw continent \n- \u003cspan style=\"color:grey\"\u003eHigh Brace (somewhere in between the 3 continents)\n\n\n\n\n## Links \u0026 Sources\n\n[The official Early Access FAQ](https://www.pantheonmmo.com/news/pantheon-early-access-fact-sheet)\n\n[Early Access August Q\u0026A on YT](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MypSlLU_xN4)\n\n[Early Access Trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw2s30ogWi8)\n\n[Early Access Release Date Trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUjqNMDzgeY)\n\n[Pantheon on STEAM](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3107230/Pantheon_Rise_of_the_Fallen/)\n\n[The official Pantheon Production Tracker](https://www.pantheonmmo.com/pantheon-production-updates)\n\n[Maestro Joppa's Dev Stream](https://www.twitch.tv/joppavash) Beans paradise.\n\n[Mighty Bronsun's Dev Stream](https://www.twitch.tv/m0nkeypit) Art Lead\n\n[Shalazam - Pantheon's community-populated knowledgebase](https://shalazam.info/) \n\n\n\n\n## Disclaimer \u0026 Changelog\nOnce again this isn't an official summary and certain things might change during the upcoming months and beyond. All \"found\" changes will be updated here.\n\n- September 19, 2024 - Added EA Trailer\n- September 24, 2024 - Adjusted the informations about the [zones for launch](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2258551489?t=03h00m00s)\n- September 24, 2024 - Adjusted more informations of the [zones for launch](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2259375479?t=01h05m25s)\n- October 18, 2024 Added Road Map to EA\n- November 12, 2024 Added EA release date and STEAM link.\n- December 02, 2024 Updated crafting professions, some POIs \u0026 race starting stats.\n- February 06, 2025 - Updated and added a quick overview of things to come.\n\nIf you have any updates for the existing list and other things that might missing, feel free to post it in the comment section! Please mention the source and if it's from a Dev stream a time stamp is highly appreciated!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n "