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Ashes of Creation Demos the Intricate, High Risk, High Reward Caravan System

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Ashes of Creation’s latest monthly stream showed off the game’s Caravan system, how it works and the many other systems it interacts with.

With the world that Intrepid Studios is creating,  and Alpha 2 in 2024, there’s a lot that the players will have an impact on. The Caravan system is something that will intersect with a number of other systems in game, and there will be decisions to be made. Since this system will be so intricate and touch on all kinds of other systems, about an hour of the most recent stream was dedicated to showing off a thorough demo.

First of all, Caravans will impact the economy. This will be an option for moving goods, especially in larger quantities. Now, moving across an open world full of danger and moving valuable cargo? You’ll have to be prepared to face whatever is on the road. But let's rewind for a moment, because the first thing you'll have to do is construct a Caravan. You can customize your Caravan with different components that have pros and cons for on-road or off-road conditions or any other preparations you might make. 

Off-roading is actually something that will be important in the Caravan system since the roads are pretty obvious ways to travel. Going off-road might mean you get your goods to their destination safely as long as you can fend off some spiders or other creatures that you might encounter. If you want to take a more direct  approach, you can even try organizing a caravan mercenary corps to provide security. 

On the other end, you can start figuring out how to position yourself on the road to ambush arriving Caravans if you want to be the potential spoiler for other adventurers (and the loot doesn’t hurt either). 

In the demo, the team shows off the entire process of how you can do this, collaborate, compete, and strategic decisions that must be made. In that demo, they demonstrate both unsuccessful Caravans and a number of the various circumstances, attacks from others, death by spider, and more obstacles.

If you’re interested in the system, you can watch the full demo included in the latest stream, and find out more over at Ashes of Creation.


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Christina Gonzalez

Christina is MMORPG.COM’s News Editor and a contributor since 2011. Always a fan of great community and wondering if the same sort of magic that was her first guild exists anymore.