After the heavily criticized introduction of the PvP servers, players of Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen are now facing a consolidation of the PvE worlds. However, there is also good news.
What is happening with the PvE worlds? Since the early access launch in December 2024, the player count of Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen has been declining. To ensure sufficiently large populations on the MMORPG worlds, the developers already announced in March 2025 that server merges would be conducted.
Now we have the important details! Specifically, 18 PvE servers will be merged into two new worlds: Stormona and Ossari. The following realms will remain available:
- Havensong (US West)
- Black Moon (US East)
- Whispering Lands (EU)
- Bakamel (OCE)
- The Dead Vault (PvP)
- Union of Shadow (PvP)
The developers also announce that they want to be more flexible during the remaining early access phase. Therefore, the server sharding feature, currently only in use on Havensong and Black Moon, will also be used on other worlds to “expand and contract the server communities as needed during Early Access.” – via Steam.
The Early Access trailer for Pantheon:
Despite the server merge, new worlds are on the way
What else is planned for the servers? Despite the need for server merges, the developers plan to bring Fresh-Start servers online in the coming weeks, where interested players can start over with others. It is currently unknown when exactly the new worlds will go live.
What else is planned for Pantheon? The roadmap presented in March 2025 for the MMORPG still includes a number of points. Through content updates, they aim to bring new content and improvements to the early access servers approximately every six to eight weeks. The to-do list includes:
- New dungeons, raids, boss encounters (as well as a new encounter system)
- Implementation of additional points of interest for various regions of the game world
- Introduction of mounts and a taming system
- Improvements for server performance, user interface, loot, chat
- Quest functionalities, combat, and crafting will be expanded or improved
- An alternative ruleset for the servers
- Upgrades for player characters, including hairstyles, skin colors, and facial details
- Adjustments for equipment, new weapons
- Implementation of additional graphics and sound effects as well as music tracks
With an update in April 2025, Pantheon received PvP servers for the first time. However, these are not well received among many players of the MMORPG, as reflected in the user reviews: PvE MMORPG launched successfully on Steam, now it reveals its roots and the ratings are sinking
