2026 Letter to the Community

[Cinco]

Happy New Year, Legends.

2025 was a year of big changes. Some great wins, some rough edges, and a few decisions that clearly didn’t land the way we hoped. You told us so. Loudly. And fairly.

We published a lot last year: major combat updates, long-requested QoL improvements, better inventory and pet management, web client upgrades, and the Level 91 Duneveil expansion. Some of that work strengthened Arcane Legends. Some of it created frustration.

So let’s talk about 2026.

There will be changes. There will be reversals. There will also be areas where we’re staying the course because we believe it's right for the long-term health of the game.

What’s Changing (or Already Has)

Gold Loot Buffs (Live Now)
Elite Elder Woods and the Duneveil campaign have received significant gold buffs. Challenging content should feel rewarding, not punishing.

Pet Egg Event Rework
We are committed to delivering a better pet-focused event before the end of 2026, with fixes and improvements to Pet Rescue as a priority.

Easter / Currency Event Rework
The April Arlorian Egg Hunt will be reworked to feel fresher, simpler, and more rewarding.

Trade-Friendly Leaderboard Rewards Are Returning
Select events in 2026 will once again feature trade-friendly LB rewards, starting with the upcoming Twilight Temple event. Fully removing them did more harm than good, and we’re adjusting course.

Leaderboard Vanity Rewards Are Returning
Winning LB should come with a visible mark of distinction. Vanity rewards for major events are coming back in 2026. You may not love every design but they’re back.

Areas Under Active Review

Awakenings
We know the system feels overwhelming and inconsistent. While no system can perfectly match individual preferences, we are actively reviewing Awakening pools and generosity.

Achievements / AP
Some recent APs tied to gold sinks and purchase-friendly power have drawn criticism. As part of upcoming Seasonal LB changes, we are reviewing point values and economic balance.

Duneveil Difficulty
Elite Duneveil will be harder. Standard Duneveil will be made easier. Boss fights will remain demanding, but the base campaign will be more accessible to casual players.

New Players, F2P, and Inventory Slots
Slot availability has real downsides in its current form. In 2026 we plan to make slots more widely available to free-to-play players, including a re-examination of the Story Token economy.

What’s Staying

Bind on Equip
BoE is staying. Some powerful items will remain bound but not everything good will be BoE. Many upcoming chase items will be trade-friendly.

PvP
We respect the passion of PvP players but PvP is not a core progression pillar of Arcane Legends and will not receive major reworks.

Looking Ahead

We are actively planning a complete overhaul of the Seasonal Character Leaderboard system to become an opt-in experience with its own economy, progression, lootable power items, and standout vanity rewards. Details coming soon!

More content is on the way: Duneveil Elites are scheduled to release this Summer. You can also look forward to an exhilarating 'Cursed' content coming to Duneveil this Fall.

Last but not least we have finally decided to put effort into advertising and promoting Arcane Legends with a new marketing initiative before the end of 2026.

Thank you for playing, for caring, and for holding us accountable. We hope 2026 is a great year for you in Arlor and beyond.

-- The Spacetime Team

[Kakashis]

Thank you for bringing back tradable lb vanities! I was very sad when they were completely removed! Can't wait to see whats to come! Marketing will be the best decision you've made in awhile. Hopefully you just focus and put all your efforts into this one game. There are so many games out there at the moment and to stand out is tough. Keep building on what's already working is my best advice!

Could we get posable figures that can equip vanities for houses? There are some I wish to display but armor/helm alone don't render the skins.

[Ypredator]

Use social media, bro. You have an Instagram account that no one uses, and that's a huge advantage. Imagine if you posted at least three times a week about the game's design progress, the team , etc.


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[Rauigriu]

Liking what i see

[Encryptions]

Last but not least we have finally decided to put effort into advertising and promoting Arcane Legends with a new marketing initiative before the end of 2026.


-- The Spacetime Team

If you plan to advertise I would suggest paying for FaceBook ads and being consistent on posting videos on Youtube TikTok, Facebook and Instagram, all you have to do to get views is be consistent on posting. Do some more cinco loco stuff!

Don't waste too much money, organic free ads work too.

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[Jame]

Thankyou so much STS

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[Ypredator]

If you plan to advertise I would suggest paying for FaceBook ads and being consistent on posting videos on Youtube TikTok, Facebook and Instagram, all you have to do to get views is be consistent on posting. Do some more cinco loco stuff!

Don't waste too much money, organic free ads work too.

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TikTok and Instagram are the most powerful at the moment

[Encryptions]

Fix your leveling path too. Use leveling 1-91 as a dopimine boost to get the new players addicted. They lose interest once they get stuck at levels 41-81 and quit.

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[FakeZero]

The 2026 is just started and we have already seen good updates ultimate revamp although I'm war but still was a good decision.
Gold loot back and now seeing this post it makes me so much happy.
Thank you very much

[Yuggernaut]

Thanks for this post, now we feels more organized

This question is for you directly, Cinco

STS art team currently have certain polygon limits, even with the new design engine added last year, which may affect the addition of new particles (although we have seen some new ones),
but not those that have been suggested to them as such? Most of them suggested by AI?

The point is that even so, whether it's for an individual piece, a complete set, or a complete 3D model, there shouldn't be a problem with the particle limit we request but never receive?

The connection is conceptual: A low-poly item can (and often does) be accompanied by eye-catching particle effects to give it more visual impact without drastically increasing the rendering cost of the main model. It's a smart trade-off, so why do we never see these suggestions on the forum? In fact, there's someone suggesting incredible vanities with amazing particles in the vanity suggestions thread, for example?

The answer you can give me might be the one you already gave, due to time constraints, but you guys made new things in terms of graphics, minions, and bosses in Duneveil, so why don't you explore the new, suggested particles in auras and attachments in vanities? I want to know honestly what's limiting you or what's going on?

[Mehmetwehbe]

CINCO you are one of the best but where is arcane cursed map ? :P

[Wiztheleafa]

Man there’s no consistency in this game. I haven’t spent a dime in almsot 9 months and now I will continue to not spend any.

What if I buy plat to get gold just to find out a week later that lb vanities are back to bound? Or what if I purchase plat and then find out you guys have a sale the very next day?

You go back and fourth so much. Stick to one style bro, my whole guild quit this game months back and I’m on that road now. Game has no structure and things can change in a second. That’s how scams happens. Ty for the fun years cinco but ur gsme is trash now. Gl!

[Balenciaqa]

First of all thank you. It looks very promising and I like the fact that you guys are working on advertising this amazing game. But my question is still, since you want to keep BoE (I‘m a fan of it), wouldn’t it be a good idea to make new good BoE arcane/mythic gear lootable from boss/events/portals which even makes more player engaging playing the game continuously? Even if it has a very rare chance to drop, the motivation alone would keep players playing the game (when the map is actually playable with normal gear and not only for maxed out people). Because right now you just wait for event, some people spend their money on lootboxes and you buy the gear from auction or you open them yourself. Is this the gameplay you wanted?


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[Voorge]

As much as I hate recent events, changes, game overall this post made me feel good about the future of the game, let’s hope you hold onto your promises

[Wiztheleafa]

As much as I hate recent events, changes, game overall this post made me feel good about the future of the game, let’s hope you hold onto your promises

Not likely at all bro. Have u been here the last 10 years? There has never been any consistency in this game. That’s why they’re advertising now, they lost about half the player base and no one buys plat anymore or chest. This is all an overhaul at a last attempt to make this game survive. I give this game a year left before the whole communist quits

[Encryptions]

Ngl the only thing holding this game together is the mechanics of how easy the player interaction in the game works.

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[Voorge]

Not likely at all bro. Have u been here the last 10 years? There has never been any consistency in this game. That’s why they’re advertising now, they lost about half the player base and no one buys plat anymore or chest. This is all an overhaul at a last attempt to make this game survive. I give this game a year left before the whole communist quits

„…Communist quits” is for sure an interesting statement

[Axalan]

Thanks for the reassuring post and admitting that things went wrong last year, and you guys didn't budge, even when clearly pointed out the issues.
Especially butchering the popular events like Easter, Eggzavier, which brings many players to the game.
+1 to promoting the game, but before that, make the game more f2f and improve the level up experiance, gear issues for the new players.

The other day, a discussion was going on dc that you were milking as much money as possible before pulling the plug out of the game xd ( mainly due to drastic changes that went against player interests and the increasing number of P2W mechanics)!
But this post made me more hopeful!
Best of luck for us all.

[Sampep]

Seasonal sounds like it will be a mini AL V2 , restarting economy and exclusive vanities hmm

[bannedforbeingright]

I don't trust a thing in this letter.