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Note: This page contains historical information about the retail servers. It does not pertain to emulated servers.

Retail Servers

At release, the following 6 servers were available: Darktide, Frostfell, Harvestgain, Leafcull, Morningthaw, and Thistledown. Solclaim was the first new server to open on the 6th of June 2000. Wintersebb was the second new server to open on the 24th of January 2001. Verdantine is the latest server to open on the 9th of June 2004.

Darktide was a Player Killer only server. All other servers defaulted characters to Non Player Killer, but also allowed characters to change to Player Killer, and, later, Player Killer Lite.

As part of the publishing agreement with Microsoft, all of the retail servers (excluding Verdantine) were originally hosted by Microsoft and accessible via the Microsoft Gaming Zone. Turbine bought back all franchise rights from Microsoft in 2003 and consequently took responsibility for server hosting. The servers remained at a facility in Washington State until 2008 when all server hardware was replaced and relocated to a facility in Massachusetts near Turbine headquarters. Due to various quality of service issues that caused extended downtime the servers were moved to a new facility on March 30th, 2009.

For more information on each server, see:

Planned Servers

In August 2004, Turbine announced that it had signed a deal with Jolt Online Gaming Ltd to operate the running of AC in Europe. This included the new Dawnsong server that would go live around the same time as the release of the Throne of Destiny expansion. Unfortunately, plans to launch the server were eventually cancelled due to fears it would further spread players out and split existing communities.

Test Servers

Shadowclaim - This server was available for all players initially from the 26th of April 2003 to 28th of April 2003 to stress test some new server hardware. The character database was an exact copy of Solclaim, hence the name Shadowclaim.

Original Link: http://zone.msn.com/asheronshadow/default.asp

Destiny - This server was available for all players from 06/22/05 to 07/12/05 as an open preview of the upcoming expansion pack Throne of Destiny. The character database was an exact copy of Leafcull.

Shadowfell - This server opened October 4rd, 2008 after being delayed a day and remained open until October 6th, 2008 to stress test new server hardware. The character database was an exact copy of Frostfell.

Vanguard - This server was a test server where a select few players tested content prior to it going live to the retail servers.

Beta Servers

Like their retail counterparts, the Asheron's Call Beta servers were hosted via the Microsoft Gaming Zone.

Beta World Red was the Beta 0/1 server - the first world to be be brought online for the Asheron's Call Beta.

Beta World Green was the Beta 2 server. It was online from 08/03/99 to ?? and was announced as having "many new features" over the previous red world.

Beta World Blue was the Beta 3 server and was open to the public. It was online from 10/18/99 to 10/24/99 and was using the new September game build.

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-All of the severs allow players to be [[Player Killer]]s, [[Darktide]] is exclusively [[PK]], the other servers default to [[Non Player Killer]] and also let players do [[Player Killer Lite]].
+''Note: This page contains historical information about the retail servers. It does not pertain to emulated servers.''
-All of these servers used to be hosted on Zone.msn.com as part of the publishing agreement with Microsoft. [[Turbine]] bought back all [http://www.gamespot.com/news/6085702.html franchise rights] from Microsoft in 2003 and consequently took responsibility for server hosting. The servers remained at a facility in Washington State until 2008 when all server hardware was [http://forums.ac.turbine.com/showthread.php?t=40220 replaced and relocated] to a facility in Massachusetts near Turbine headquarters. Due to various quality of service issues that caused extended downtime the [http://forums.ac.turbine.com/showthread.php?t=42014 servers were moved to a new facility] on March 30th, 2009.
+== Retail Servers ==
+At release, the following 6 servers were available: Darktide, Frostfell, Harvestgain, Leafcull, Morningthaw, and Thistledown. Solclaim was the first new server to open on the 6th of June 2000. Wintersebb was the second new server to open on the 24th of January 2001. Verdantine is the latest server to open on the 9th of June 2004.
-__ToC__
+Darktide was a [[Player Killer]] only server. All other servers defaulted characters to [[Non Player Killer]], but also allowed characters to change to [[Player Killer]], and, later, [[Player Killer Lite]].
-== Live Worlds ==
+As part of the publishing agreement with Microsoft, all of the retail servers (excluding Verdantine) were originally hosted by Microsoft and accessible via the [[Microsoft Zone Archive|Microsoft Gaming Zone]]. [[Turbine]] bought back all [http://www.gamespot.com/news/6085702.html franchise rights] from Microsoft in 2003 and consequently took responsibility for server hosting. The servers remained at a facility in Washington State until 2008 when all server hardware was [http://forums.ac.turbine.com/showthread.php?t=40220 replaced and relocated] to a facility in Massachusetts near Turbine headquarters. Due to various quality of service issues that caused extended downtime the [http://forums.ac.turbine.com/showthread.php?t=42014 servers were moved to a new facility] on March 30th, 2009.
-=== Darktide ===
-{|border=0 cellpadding=5
+For more information on each server, see:
-|-valign=top
-|[[File:Darktide.png]]
-|
 * [[Darktide]]
-* [[Darktide Allegiances]]
-* [[Darktide/Server Quests|Darktide Server Quests]]
-* [[Darktide/Portal Bots|Darktide Portal Bots]]
-|}
-=== Frostfell ===
-{|border=0 cellpadding=5
-|-valign=top
-|[[File:Frostfell.png]]
-|
 * [[Frostfell]]
-* [[Frostfell Allegiances]]
-* [[Frostfell/Server Quests|Frostfell Server Quests]]
-* [[Frostfell/Portal Bots|Frostfell Portal Bots]]
-|}
-=== Harvestgain ===
-{|border=0 cellpadding=5
-|-valign=top
-|[[File:Harvestgain.png]]
-|
 * [[Harvestgain]]
-* [[Harvestgain Allegiances]]
-* [[Harvestgain/Server Quests|Harvestgain Server Quests]]
-* [[Harvestgain/Portal Bots|Harvestgain Portal Bots]]
-|}
-=== Leafcull ===
-{|border=0 cellpadding=5
-|-valign=top
-|[[File:Leafcull.png]]
-|
 * [[Leafcull]]
-* [[Leafcull Allegiances]]
-* [[Leafcull/Server Quests|Leafcull Server Quests]]
-* [[Leafcull/Portal Bots|Leafcull Portal Bots]]
-|}
-=== Morningthaw ===
-{|border=0 cellpadding=5
-|-valign=top
-|[[File:Morningthaw.png]]
-|
 * [[Morningthaw]]
-* [[Morningthaw Allegiances]]
-* [[Morningthaw/Server Quests|Morningthaw Server Quests]]
-* [[Morningthaw/Portal Bots|Morningthaw Portal Bots]]
-|}
-=== Solclaim ===
-{|border=0 cellpadding=5
-|-valign=top
-|[[File:Solclaim.png]]
-|
 * [[Solclaim]]
-* [[Solclaim Allegiances]]
-* [[Solclaim/Server Quests|Solclaim Server Quests]]
-* [[Solclaim/Portal Bots|Solclaim Portal Bots]]
-* Solclaim was the first new server to open on the 6th of June 2000.
-|}
-=== Thistledown ===
-{|border=0 cellpadding=5
-|-valign=top
-|[[File:Thistledown.png]]
-|
 * [[Thistledown]]
-* [[Thistledown Allegiances]]
-* [[Thistledown/Server Quests|Thistledown Server Quests]]
-* [[Thistledown/Portal Bots|Thistledown Portal Bots]]
-* Thistledown was available to play in 1999
-|}
-=== Verdantine ===
-{|border=0 cellpadding=5
-|-valign=top
-|[[File:Verdantine.png]]
-|
 * [[Verdantine]]
-* [[Verdantine Allegiances]]
-* [[Verdantine/Server Quests|Verdantine Server Quests]]
-* [[Verdantine/Portal Bots|Verdantine Portal Bots]]
-* Verdantine is the latest server to open on the 9th of June 2004.
-|}
-=== Wintersebb ===
-{|border=0 cellpadding=5
-|-valign=top
-|[[File:Wintersebb.png]]
-|
 * [[Wintersebb]]
-* [[Wintersebb Allegiances]]
-* [[Wintersebb/Server Quests|Wintersebb Server Quests]]
-* [[Wintersebb/Portal Bots|Wintersebb Portal Bots]]
-* Wintersebb was the second new server to open on the 24th of January 2001.
-|}
-== European Servers ==
+== Planned Servers ==
-=== Dawnsong ===
+In August 2004, Turbine announced that it had signed a deal with Jolt Online Gaming Ltd to operate the running of AC in Europe. This included the new Dawnsong server that would go live around the same time as the release of the Throne of Destiny expansion. Unfortunately, plans to launch the server were eventually cancelled due to fears it would further spread players out and split existing communities.
-In August 2004, Turbine announced that it had signed a deal with Jolt Online Gaming Ltd to operate the running of AC in Europe.
-This included the new Dawnsong server that would go live around the same time as the release of the Throne of Destiny expansion.
-Unfortunately, plans to launch the server were eventually cancelled due to fears it would further spread players out and split existing communities.
 * [http://web.archive.org/web/20041016101748/http://ac.turbinegames.com/index.php?page_id=37&pagebuilder%5Bmodule%5D=article&pagebuilder%5Bdisplay_item%5D=150 Turbine Jolts Asheron's Call® and AC2: Fallen Kings® in Europe]
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 * [[Announcements - 2005/09 - Under Cover of Night#Status of the Dawnsong (European) Server|Status of the Dawnsong (European) Server]]
-== Beta Servers ==
+== Test Servers ==
-The Asheron's Call Beta servers were hosted via the MSN Gaming Zone.
+[[Shadowclaim]] - This server was available for all players initially from the 26th of April 2003 to 28th of April 2003 to stress test some new server hardware. The character database was an exact copy of Solclaim, hence the name Shadowclaim.
+* Original Link: http://zone.msn.com/asheronshadow/default.asp
-=== Red ===
+[[Destiny]] - This server was available for all players from 06/22/05 to 07/12/05 as an open preview of the upcoming expansion pack [[Throne of Destiny]]. The character database was an exact copy of Leafcull.
-Beta World Red was the Beta 0/1 server - the first world to be be brought online for the Asheron's Call Beta.
-=== Green ===
+[[Shadowfell]] - This server opened October 4rd, 2008 after being delayed a day and remained open until October 6th, 2008 to stress test new server hardware. The character database was an exact copy of Frostfell.
-Beta World Green was the Beta 2 server. It was online from 08/03/99 to ?? and was announced as having "many new features" over the previous red world.
-=== Blue ===
+[[Vanguard]] - This server was a test server where a select few players tested content prior to it going live to the retail servers.
-Beta World Blue was the Beta 3 server and was open to the public. It was online from 10/18/99 to 10/24/99 and was using the new September game [[Announcements - Asheron's Call Beta#1999/9/17 Build Notes|build]].
-== Test Servers ==
+== Beta Servers ==
+Like their retail counterparts, the Asheron's Call Beta servers were hosted via the Microsoft Gaming Zone.
-=== [[Shadowclaim]] ===
-This server was available for all players initially from the 26th of April 2003 to 28th of April 2003 to stress test some new server hardware. The character database was an exact copy of Solclaim, hence the name Shadowclaim.
-Original Link: http://zone.msn.com/asheronshadow/default.asp
+'''Beta World Red''' was the Beta 0/1 server - the first world to be be brought online for the Asheron's Call Beta.
-=== [[Destiny]] ===
+'''Beta World Green''' was the Beta 2 server. It was online from 08/03/99 to ?? and was announced as having "many new features" over the previous red world.
-This server was available for all players from 06/22/05 to 07/12/05 as an open preview of the upcoming expansion pack [[Throne of Destiny]]. The character database was an exact copy of Leafcull.
-=== [[Shadowfell]] ===
+'''Beta World Blue''' was the Beta 3 server and was open to the public. It was online from 10/18/99 to 10/24/99 and was using the new September game [[Announcements - Asheron's Call Beta#1999/9/17 Build Notes|build]].
-This server opened October 4rd, 2008 after being delayed a day and remained open until October 6th, 2008 to stress test new server hardware. The character database was an exact copy of Frostfell.
-=== Internal Test Server ===
-As mentioned in numerous posts by developers, Turbine has an internal test server. It is currently not available for players, supposedly.  There has been some active players granted access to the test server to test content prior to it being delivered to the general player base.
 [[Category:Turbine]]