Greetings,
As promised, it is time to begin this new journey together with the start of the Alder Forge early access, beginning with "Phase 2," where you will find both chapters 1 and 2 available from the beginning.
I hope that this new journey ends with me fulfilling my promise like the previous entry and delivering to you all the 4 chapters and bonus content like the previous entry, and that this experience proves as entertaining as the previous one.
Please don't hesitate to share your feedback on the Steam Community Hub. This, of course, will help shape this game, similar to the previous entry, as the community itself defined a lot of changes that were made there.
A Reminder of the Plan and Chapters for the Alder Forge 2:
Prologue (The Silver Maiden) - Delivered since the Steam Fest Demo (February, 2025)
Chapter 1 (Magna Lumen) - Available Now (January 9th, 2026)
Chapter 2 (Le Théatre Macabre) - Available Now (January 9th, 2026)
Chapter 3 (The Prince of Chaos) - Development Begins (Mid February, 2026)
Chapter 4 (Ozymandias) - TBD
Epilogue (The Oculi) - TBD
Changes from the Demo:
The Alder Forge started in October 2021 with version 0.6.x. The system kept evolving until we reached version 2.0.0 with the last Steam Fest Demo in February 2025, but the Alder Forge 2 starts in early access, with version 2.1.3, and here is our first manifest:
Boosting Slots are now available in combat, offering 5 slots
Battle Heat is maxed at x2 XP
A Wiki is added to the Camp Menu, and it will automatically be updated as long as you progress in the story. The Wiki has 6 categories: Protagonists, Allies, Neutrals, Antagonists, Realms, and Organizations.
New Anima-Stones added to both chapter 1 and chapter 2 with their hybrid fusion maps for (Anima-Fusion), and they can go to 6 skills max each if you fuse them.
Total weapons available at the start of early access: Swords (16), Staves (10), Lances/Glaives (9), Guns (6), Greatswords (12), Claws (7), Bows (7), Axes (8)
Thank you once more for the support prior to the start of Alder Forge 2, and your interest in this world, story, and characters.
Kind Regards,
Zine. E. Falouti