Dungeons

1:25 Dungeons in ArcheAge Chronicles are instanced "just for you or your party of up to four", quest progress is shared inside, and "you can take one on solo if you'd rather", Global Project Manager Don wrote on Oct 15, 2026. XL Games' own tour of Sep 7, 2026, "A Quick Look at Auroria", walks through a carved stone door into a dungeon whose name, Altar of Seals, appears on screen, and fights through it with the full game interface. Raids are also on the list of what Early Access will contain, but XL Games has not said how many players a raid takes, as of Oct 20, 2026. The free demo, until Oct 26, 2026, has one dungeon made for it, the hidden Throne of Hinnon.

Quick facts

How dungeons work

8:48 A dungeon is a private copy for you and your group, inside an open world shared with many more players. In his demo guide of Oct 12, 2026, Azrial explains that parties in the September Network Test held up to four, while the open world around them is split into channels of about 100 players; some places, dungeons and some points of interest among them, are instanced for you or your party alone, and he found that quests progressed for everyone in the party, so nobody had to repeat a step for a friend. Ham's letter of Oct 18, 2026 lists quest sharing for party members and clearer paths and clues in dungeons among the changes made for the demo. Parties, channels and guilds are on Multiplayer and Guilds.

Dungeons are one of several tests of your build. Don's progression post of Oct 15, 2026 names them alongside field bosses, the fights at the end of story quests and Hersander's Tower: a hard dungeon is meant to send you back into the world for trait points before you try again, not to make you grind levels. How that works is on Progression and Traits.

You do not need a group. XL Games wrote in 2024 that "outside of progressing the main story, most PvE encounters can be accessed as both a solo player as well as a full-fledged party", and Kyunghyang Games reported clearing a multiplayer dungeon alone in the demo, finding that party play mattered little early on (Oct 20, 2026).

Dungeons seen so far

5:55 The demo added one dungeon to what the Network Test had. In XL Games' video of Oct 7, 2026 (Korean speech with English subtitles), Executive Producer Yongjin Ham says the Steam Next Fest demo brings a new dungeon and PvP on top of the Network Test content. That dungeon is Throne of Hinnon, which XL Games calls a high-level dungeon outside the demo's normal quest path, opened with a key hidden somewhere "that won't be easy to find" (Oct 18, 2026).

1:24 Throne of Hinnon is entered through a door at the Altar of Seals. In Ser Medieval's guide of Oct 20, 2026, the key opens a door at the Altar of Seals, where the Bound Tyrant is fought; he suggests being at least level 8 or 9 and bringing a full party because the enemies are elite, and four sigils must be activated on the way to the final boss. The key's hiding place, the route and the boss have their own guide page.

Other dungeons appear only in creators' footage of the Network Test, an older build. Anders' 30-minute capture of Sep 14, 2026 has chapters titled "Altar of Seals", "Pirate Hideout Dungeon" and "Cliffs of Madness Dungeon", with bosses he names the Bound Tyrant, Mad Anchor Krogal and Poldat. These are his chapter titles from a test build; XL Games has not published a list of dungeons, as of Oct 20, 2026.

Raids

Raids are on the Early Access content list ("exploration, dungeons, raids, PvP, housing, crafting, trading, and company and guild activities", the Steam FAQ says), but their size is not announced as of Oct 20, 2026. XL Games' descriptions have changed over the years: its developer diary of Oct 10, 2024 promised "twenty-player raids" and "open-world raid bosses", and the PlayStation Blog the same year described raid bosses for "a team of ten or more players"; in a Wccftech Q&A of Aug 1, 2025, XL Games said instanced PvE was "built around 2-5 player teams" rather than large raid groups. In 2026 the only figure given is the dungeon party of four. Treat any raid size as unconfirmed until XL Games states it for Early Access.

Bosses and the Hereafter Challenge

2:38 Dungeons end in boss fights built for a group. XL Games' tour closes on a party fighting a boss in a golden hall while the developers say: "You're not doing any of this alone, unless you want to be. If you come across an enemy you can't take on alone, team up with players around you and take it on together." Field bosses in the open world, bosses that guard trait points and dungeon bosses are compared on Bosses.

The hardest fight in each zone is not a dungeon but the Hereafter Challenge: satisfy every Hersander's Tower in a zone and you fight a random "souped-up" version of one of that zone's bosses against the clock, with clear times on a leaderboard (XL Games, Oct 15, 2026). The towers have their own page.

Frequently asked questions

How many players are in an ArcheAge Chronicles dungeon? ArcheAge Chronicles dungeons are instanced for one player or a party of up to four, XL Games wrote on Oct 15, 2026.

Can I solo dungeons in ArcheAge Chronicles? Yes. XL Games says every ArcheAge Chronicles dungeon can be taken on solo, and quest progress inside is shared when you bring a party.

Are there raids in ArcheAge Chronicles? Raids are on ArcheAge Chronicles' Early Access content list, but XL Games has not announced their size as of Oct 20, 2026. Earlier plans ranged from twenty-player raids (2024) to teams of two to five (2025).

How many dungeons are in ArcheAge Chronicles? XL Games has not published a dungeon count for ArcheAge Chronicles as of Oct 20, 2026. The demo has one new dungeon, Throne of Hinnon, and creators showed others from the Sep 2026 Network Test.

What is the secret dungeon in the ArcheAge Chronicles demo? The secret dungeon in the ArcheAge Chronicles demo is Throne of Hinnon, a high-level dungeon outside the normal quest path that opens with a hidden key.

Is matchmaking in ArcheAge Chronicles dungeons? XL Games has not announced dungeon matchmaking for ArcheAge Chronicles as of Oct 20, 2026; in the Sep 2026 Network Test, the creator FrozenCloud found no matchmaking and parties formed by standing next to each other.

Sources

• Developer Diary - Our Vision, XL Games on Steam, Oct 10, 2024
• How Progression Works in ArcheAge Chronicles, XL Games on Steam, Oct 15, 2026
• A Letter from Producer Ham: Steam Next Fest Demo Details, XL Games on Steam, Oct 18, 2026
• Steam Next Fest Demo Is Now Live!, XL Games on Steam, Oct 19, 2026
• ArcheAge Chronicles on Steam (Early Access FAQ), XL Games, read Oct 20, 2026
• ArcheAge Chronicles: new gameplay details, PlayStation Blog, Sep 24, 2024
• ArcheAge Chronicles Q&A, Wccftech, Aug 1, 2025
• ArcheAge Chronicles demo impressions, Kyunghyang Games, Oct 20, 2026
• ArcheAge Chronicles: A Quick Look at Auroria, ArcheAge Chronicles, Sep 7, 2026 (video)
• The Direction the Devs Are Taking, ArcheAge Chronicles, Oct 7, 2026 (video)
• ArcheAge Chronicles: Everything You Need to Know About the FREE Demo, Azrial, Oct 12, 2026 (video)
• How To Unlock And Complete Throne Of Hinnon In Archeage Chronicles | Secret Dungeon In The Demo, Ser Medieval, Oct 20, 2026 (video)
• ArcheAge Chronicles 4K Gameplay (Network Test Build), Anders, Sep 14, 2026 (video)
• ArcheAge Chronicles Combat & Classes: Everything You Need to Know, FrozenCloud, Sep 14, 2026 (video)