Note: This article presents the Ascension Atlas as it was during the Skyforge Closed Beta. For the current version, see our updated guide.
The Ascension Atlas is Skyforge's progression system. It is through it that you will gain skills and talents, unlock new classes and increase your stats. It is also one of the three sources of Prestige in the game. There are two levels in this Atlas: a “class” level and a “character” level.
Progress in the classroom
Each class has its own Atlas, independent of all the others. The system of advance in the Atlas is really close to the Spherical system of Final Fantasy X: a network of nodes that we unlock by spending a certain number of resources. These last bear the name "Sparks" and are won by completing adventures.
There are 4 types of sparks that can be used in this part of the Atlas: red, blue, green and those called class (the latter are only found in the loot left by defeated enemies).
Each Atlas node will bring you Prestige as well as either a stat bonus (unlockable with colored sparks) or a skill or talent (class sparks)
Note that unlike FFX, there is no concept of position in the Atlas. You can unblock any node immediately adjacent to another unblocked node.
To activate a node, it is necessary to spend sparks of the color of the latter. If you don't have enough, the game will offer you to consume Class Sparks to complete. Skills / Talents only require Class Sparks.
In order to access the upper Atlas, known as "character", all you have to do is unlock the ultimate skill of one of the three basic classes (Paladin, Lightbinder and Cryomancer) which is generally located in the center of the Atlas.
- Latest Cryomancien
- Latest Lightbinder
- Ultimate Paladin
The path to divinity
From the moment you have taken this step, you can venture into the second part of the Atlas by selecting it at the top of the screen.
The operation is similar to the Class Atlas (nodes with Prestige and statistics) with some differences:
- No skills to unlock, just "Symbols", which are skills common to all classes. Locations are acquired by completely filling the Atlas of a class (which will also give you a symbol). The symbol assignment can be redone as long as you are not in combat.
- A new type of usable sparks, called "evolution". They are acquired and used in the same way as those of classes, except that you must have completely filled the Atlas of the class you are playing to have them (the sparks of classes becoming useless afterwards).
- This is also where you can get new classes. They come in the form of a knot, unlockable using specific sparks ("Transgression"). When the node is active, you will have access to the full Atlas of this class.
This part of the Atlas is quite gigantic and will take a very long time to be completed.
I'll end with a little teasing. In the center of the Atlas is this node:
We don't have any information yet on how to get this resource, or even its name. But it is here that it will be necessary to seek its divine form, the accomplishment of your epic of immortal to god.
According to a recent message on the forum, it will take several months to unlock it, that this is not the end goal, but just a step, and that history will guide us there.
So who wants to become a god?
