Lost Ark Server Lock Explained
The Lost Ark server lock is something many players are worried about at the moment considering today is supposed to be the full, day one launch of the free-to-play MMOARPG in North America, Latin America and Europe.
For those wondering what the hold up is all about, here's a breakdown of the Lost Ark server lock.
Learn about the steps we're taking ahead of the full launch, including granting additional Founder's pack sets and new servers.
— Lost Ark (@playlostark) February 11, 2022
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Lost Ark Server Lock Explained
As you might be aware of, Lost Ark launched a bit early on Feb. 8 with a Head Start period for those in North America, Latin America and Europe who own any of the four Founder's Packs available for the game.
Although a massive number of heroes thankfully explored Arkesia during the early access period, according to Smilegate RPG, this also resulted in various quality of life issues including poor queue times.
During the Head Start period of Lost Ark's launch, a massive number of heroes arrived in Arkesia. While we are thrilled to have so many players joining us, we also recognize that this has brought about large queues on our more popular servers, leading to a less than ideal experience for these players.
- Smilegate RPG
As such, in an effort to improve player experience for those who have faced bad queues, Smilegate RPG has taken several steps to put preventative measures in place for the issues.
One such action has been an imposed lockout and limit on the creation of characters by new players on servers that have reached large queue times.
While this won't affect those who already have a character on one of these servers — they will still be able to create additional characters for their rosters freely — this is being viewed as an aid in preventing queues from increasing further as the player base continues to grow and thus will remain in place for the foreseeable future.
These server locks in North America affect:
NA East
- Azena
- Una
- Regulus
- Avesta
NA West
- Mari
- Valtan
It's also important that at the moment, Lost Ark's full launch has been delayed indefinitely since 5:46 a.m. ET because of "deployment issues." The matter is hoped to be resolved in a "matter of hours."
Unfortunately, due to deployment issues, launch is delayed. We hope to have this resolved in a matter of hours.
— Lost Ark (@playlostark) February 11, 2022
Your patience is appreciated and we’ll update you soon.
For more on Lost Ark, feel free to check out our guides on the Powerpass, as well as controller support.