Lost Ark starts on February 8 with 9 different EU servers in the head start. However, no official language is assigned to these servers. We reveal which server German players will be on and where larger streamers will settle.
On which server will I meet German players? The German community has voted and a large part will settle on the server Asta, including the major Discords Lost Ark Efficiency and Lost Ark – Deutsch (via Lost Ark Forum).
Asta will therefore serve as the unofficial German server.
The entire server list in Europe looks as follows:
- Asta – Germany/Austria
- Calvasus – Czech Republic/Slovakia
- Kadan – PvP Community
- Neria – Italy/Poland
- Slen – No community yet
- Thirain – No community yet
- Trixion – France/Spain/Turkey
- Wei – Spain
- Zinnervale – No community yet
Do I have to play on Asta? No, but there is the greatest chance that German will be spoken in the chat and you will encounter many more German players. We at MeinMMO will also be actively playing on server Asta.
Kadan, Zinnervale, and Asta are likely to be the busiest servers
Which servers will likely be the busiest? In a Google spreadsheet, the players of Lost Ark have roughly documented the distribution of guilds, communities, and streamers (via Google Docs). A total of 312 communities have registered there.
It becomes clear that the server Kadan will likely be quite full:
- Around 30% of all EU communities plan their start on Kadan
- About 16% want to start on Zinnervale
- 14.7% have decided for the unofficial German server Asta
Where should I play if I want to avoid queues? The servers Calvasus (2% of communities) and Thirain (0.3% of communities) will likely be the least busy at launch. Calvasus currently has only one English and three French guilds. So far, only two English guilds plan to start on Thirain.
Where will I encounter German streamers or YouTubers?
- One of the largest German content creators for Lost Ark, Sender, has settled on server Thirain
- AresLP, a well-known German streamer, has not settled yet but will likely avoid server Asta
- Entenburg has also not yet settled
Can I switch my server later? So far, there has been no official statement on this. Amazon initially also had no server transfers available for New World, which led to a debacle and a subsequent implementation. It is quite possible that it will also be activated later for Lost Ark.
Since there is currently no statement on this, you should choose the server you really want to play on.
Dungeons, Raids, and PvP can be played cross-server
Why is the server choice only somewhat important? Anyone who wants to play in the open world must be on the same server. This also applies to guilds, personal islands, and GvG.
However, Dungeons, Raids, PvP arenas, and the auction house use a cross-server system. You can interact with players from other servers.
However, you must be in the same region (EU/US-East/US-West/SA).
On which server will you play at the launch of Lost Ark? Will you join the big German communities or opt for a smaller server? Feel free to write it in the comments.
To learn more about the basic structure of Lost Ark, click here:
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