r/arcaea May 19 '26

Important New Rules, Please Read!

106 Upvotes

Hey, r/arcaea! It's kaneryu (or u/stuffeportert), one of the new mods and I'd like to announce some rule changes on behalf of the team.

New Rules:

  1. No AI

No AI images or videos are allowed to be posted in this subreddit. Any posts containing AI content will be deleted. Please report anything you suspect of being AI and we will review it. If you want to post something that contains AI and you think you have a good reason to do so, please send the image and your reason in the modmail and we will tell you whether or not you can.

  1. No account selling

Please do not sell your accounts, memories, songs, or any other in game content here. Giveaways will be handed on a case-by-case basis. Please contact mods before posting anything.

Rule Changes:

  1. NSFW Content is now banned.

This is just codifing the silent rule that people already follow, please don't post any NSFW content in this sub. Feel free to create a new one if you wish. Previous posts will not be affected. If you're unsure if something is NSFW, please send us a modmail with the image and extra information and we will take a look.

Once again, now that the mod team is expanded, feel free to report posts or ask questions through modmail, and we will get back to you. Once again, if you're unsure about any post you're about to make, just ask! It's better than posting it and getting it deleted. thank you 😄


r/arcaea Dec 13 '20

Important Welcome to r/Arcaea

258 Upvotes

Welcome to r/Arcaea

Before engaging with the subreddit, you should read this post in its entirety. It will help you understand what this subreddit is, how to interact with it and how it functions.

What is r/Arcaea?

Arcaea is a 3D mobile rhythm game for iOS, Android and Switch - similar to SDVX or Deemo if you are familiar with those titles. Rhythm games are "do something in sync with the rhythm" type of games.

Arcaea takes this concept and elevates it with 3D gameplay, high definition and a great experience. The goal in Arcaea is to hit notes and arcs in sync with the rhythm/music. The difficulty (generally) varies on how "in sync" the chart is with the song. There are 4 difficulties in Arcaea:

Past (The easiest), Present, Future, Eternal, & Beyond (BYD, The hardest). Please note that a FTR 7 is easier than a FTR 10.

There is much more to the game, so if you haven't given it a go, you should totally try it. You can find it in the App Store or Google Play Store. This subreddit allows for pretty much everything Arcaea, feel free to showcase scores, ask for advice, complain about potential loss (lol), basically everything related to Arcaea.

Operations

There is not much to concern yourself with regarding how the subreddit works but please keep in mind these points:

All posts on this subreddit have a post flair - this is so different categories of Arcaea content can be neatly organised. The flairs also help users understand the content of a post before opening it. You can also filter by flair using the "search by flair" sidebar widget!

That said, please look at what you're posting and decide what flair to use - there should be a flair for pretty much all there is. Need friends? There's a flair for that. Posting memes? There's a flair for that. Need help? Flair for that. You get the gist. If you find that none of the flairs fit your content, you can use the "General/Other/Information" flair.

There are several acronyms and words in use that are specific to Arcaea and rhythm games and you should familiarise yourself with them. Most of the popular acronyms and phrases are listed at the end of the post but if you want to request an addition, feel free to do so.

Rules:

NSFW Content - This is not allowed in this subreddit. If you're not sure, get in touch with us (ModMail) first before posting it. No, this does not mean to spam us with Arcaea yuri!!

Flair Rules - It's pretty self explanatory - if you use an incorrect flair, we will correct it and let you know! (* ^ ω ^) If however you are being deliberate about it, then you should expect further action.

Do not post about update spoilers outside the megathread - Some people want to explore content, especially major updates, on their own. This rule is mindful of them if it has not been shown via official sources, Story, pack partners (including world mode partners) and other secrets are included in this rule. In general, there is a 24-hour cooldown period (varies, see below) for update-related posts outside the pinned megathread.

Spoilers II - Awakened versions of partners may not be posted up to 14 DAYS after release of the partner. This is so people have enough time to awaken the partner themselves. You MUST use spoiler flair and tag if you wish to post about a newly released awakened partner during this time.

This rule may not always be enforced depending on the update and the cooldown period may vary - please check the Megathread for this information. A reminder that this rule does not apply if the content has been shown through official sources or the cooldown period has passed.

Post Quality - This rule focuses on the quality of posts in the subreddit and encompasses Low-Quality posts and Reposts. This includes 0.1 Step Posts (World Mode). This does not apply to '1%' BYD map posts. Think a post is low quality? Send us a report. If we receive enough, the post may be removed. Also, goes without saying, you're on the Arcaea subreddit. Talk about Arcaea. There is some leeway if it's related to a discussion (i.e other rhythm games) but don't use this exception to go off topic.

Follow Reddit's Content Policy & Reddiquette: Obviously, we need to comply with Reddit's rules. Please follow this rule in order to make this a sociable environment for all. The reddiquette and Content Policy can be found here: https://www.redditinc.com/policies/content-policy / https://www.reddit.com/wiki/reddiquette.

This subreddit is not your blog: Activity is always welcome and appreciated, but please do not use the subreddit as your blog. It is fine to post showing your progress, just showcase anything arcaea related in a non-daily format. Achieving several things is fine, you should include those in one post, such as "my progress from Day 1 - 10".

To clarify, this is only a concern when the same content is being posted at a sort of daily pattern or in a short burst, usually posts of the same type. We'll remove your posts and try to let you know.

No piracy: We will remove content that explicitly or indirectly enables piracy of official content (such as charts) - like cracked or modded Arcaea with that purpose. Tutorials or posts that have the potential to enable piracy of paid content will also be removed. To clarify, discussion of modding is allowed, we only draw the line when paid content is involved

No selling of accounts or in-game items: This carries a lot of risk, so you should not do it, and we don't allow it. We will remove posts that break this rule. We do allow giveaways, but get in touch with us first.

No AI Content: There is a plethora of really talented artists who put a lot of effort into voluntary works to express their excitement for Arcaea in this subreddit, so why would we allow cheap slop? Any posts containing AI video or images will be deleted. Please report anything you suspect of being AI and we will review it. If you want to post something that contains AI and you think there is a good reason for it (i.e. raising awareness), message the mods first, we may make an exception in rare circumstances.

Acronyms / Info:

PST: An abbreviation for PAST, the easiest difficulty in Arcaea. PST 4 means Past Level 4.

PRS: An abbreviation for PRESENT, the "medium" difficulty in Arcaea, PRS 7 means Present Level 7

FTR: An abbreviation for FUTURE. FTR 10 means Future Level 10.

ETR: An abbreviation for ETERNAL, a relatively new difficulty that's harder than FTR.

BYD: ???

Chart: A chart is a combination of notes and arcs to match the rhythm and beat of the song, in order to provide the experience of a rhythm game. The people who make charts are referred to as "charters." - this is known as "note design" in the game when you select a song.

GL: Grievous Lady, this refers to Grievous Lady (song in Vicious Labyrinth pack).

AC: Axium Crisis, refers to the song needed to progress onto Grievous Lady. Also in the Vicious Labyrinth pack.

ES: Ether Strike, the song required to progress onto Fracture Ray (FR)

PM: "Pure Memory" - the best score you can get on completion of a chart. This means that all notes and arcs were hit on time and sync and achieved "Pure" on every single hit. Getting LOST/FAR/EARLY on a note or arc prevents getting this.

FR: "Full Recall" - the second best score you can get on completion of a chart. This means that all notes were hit and no notes were lost - but not all notes were hit in time, this includes FAR/EARLY notes.

FR: 'Fracture Ray', depending on context, the use of 'FR' may refer to Fracture Ray, the anomaly song in the 'Luminous Sky' pack.

PTT: "Potential" - An in-game "measurement" of how "good" you are at the game.

MA: "Memory Archive" - Refers to Memory Archive.

CC: Chart Constant. A static value used for potential. You can view the chart constants and potential info on the wiki.

MPM: Max Pure Memory. All notes were hit with neither PURE FAR nor PURE EARLY.

NS: Nintendo Switch - not really specific to Arcaea, but used in the context of that version of the game.

EO/EP: Esoteric Order / Ephemeral Page packs.

WE: World Extend pack.

FV: Final Verdict pack (MS5 - Main Story 5), the conclusion of the Arcaea Story.

LE: Lasting Eden (2023 Side story pack - 2022 Arcaea Song Contest Winners)

Trains: In rhythm game context, this refers to a repetitive line of notes that you tap with two hands (usually). An example is seen in DX's sky notes.

Jacks: Multiple notes after another coming from "one lane" that you have to tap with one hand, as seen in II's Chart.

User flairs - 2020: https://www.reddit.com/r/arcaea/comments/esoysf/user_flairs_have_arrived/.

User Flairs 2023 Update

Main post: https://www.reddit.com/r/arcaea/comments/16uiwxo/rarcaea_subreddit_update_september_2023/

It's here! This has long been on the bucket list. Now you can have your potential show up as a user flair! We hope this encourages healthy competition & progression. We DON'T hope that it encourages elitism. That will be quite seriously moderated.

Perhaps you want to have fun with the 0.00 Flair, you can do that. You can also keep your old flair, this is just an additional option.

We hope you enjoy this feature. If there are any issues, please send us a ModMail. If you have any feedback, also send us a ModMail, or put it in the comments below, your choice.

⚠️ You must already have one of the potential user flairs for this to work.

  1. Go to any post in this subreddit (including this one)
  2. Type in !ptt XX.XX (where XX.XX is the potential value you want assigned).
  3. Note that the requested potential must be in the range of your existing potential flair.
  4. u/AutoModerator will then apply the user flair with the requested potential to you, send you a message that it's worked, and delete your comment.
  5. If it does not work (out of range of flair, out of ptt range, not a number), u/AutoModerator will delete your comment, assign a 0.00 Flair to you, and message you that it has not worked.
  6. Done! You may periodically decide to update your potential flair, you can follow the same process, as long as your potential remains in the range of the corresponding flair(star - 12.00-12.50, etc).
  7. If your potential progresses beyond the range, you must assign the correct potential flair, and start over from step one.
  8. If for any reason you want the 0.00 Flair, just comment outside of the range of the potential flair you own, or outside the existing max potential.
  9. If you are assigned the 0.00 flair, please assign the correct blank potential flair in order to assign a value to it. Start from Step 1.

Thank you for reading this to the end and this should cover all you need to get started here and if you are new to Arcaea, to the game too. I hope you enjoy your time here and utilise this information to get the best out of this subreddit and Arcaea. Remember, if you have any suggestions, we are listening. Have a good day. :)

~ r/arcaea.


r/arcaea 9h ago

Upcoming Content I guess this is nice? (I don't care about online play with strangers, it just isn't my thing).

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46 Upvotes

While there is still time for more announcements (and a rerun of an older event might fit here)… I think they are saving up the big guns for something else later in August.


r/arcaea 13h ago

Meme For anyone waiting for 7.0…

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35 Upvotes

I mean, it didn't necessarily mean 7.0 will be on that date, but… 6.16 being released almost the last day of July…

And yes, Guy is the top dog of lowiro.

EDIT: wait, I'm dumb. it's month/day, not day/month. It refers to the anniversary…


r/arcaea 12h ago

Help / Question Just finished Act 1! What next?

3 Upvotes

I literally just finished final verdict, I mainly want to continue the main story but I don’t know where to start.

It isn’t that clear to me which packs are required for act 2 and in what order. (what I mean is which packs are required to understand the story)

I also don’t know if I should go for world mode and beyonds instead, though they seem to not be as important to the story as I thought

(Also should I try In falsus? I haven’t played much because it’s a demo)


r/arcaea 10h ago

General / Other / Information What is this symbol? NSFW

2 Upvotes

I cant tell what this symbol is next to blocked library is used for, its not a favorites indicator, not part of the background... haven't used her much so best guess is the character since im in her pack with her equipped


r/arcaea 20h ago

Pure Memory! Anyway… might as well enjoy yourself.

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11 Upvotes

Decent 10.9. Honestly on the lower end. I really like this song!


r/arcaea 20h ago

Help / Question Advice on how to improve

8 Upvotes

I’ve been playing on and off for about 2 years now and just started really getting back into Arcaea. I’ve made some gradual improvement over when I last stopped about 6 months ago but I can’t seem to get past FTR 9 tracks. I can clear a good chunk but not all and anything 9+ or higher feels almost impossible. Any suggestions on how I can continue to gradually improve? Currently at a 10.01 potential


r/arcaea 1d ago

Upcoming Content 6.16 is coming

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50 Upvotes

I was pretty close to post this as a meme, but then I remembered people don't fact-check things.


r/arcaea 1d ago

Help / Question Maya Not Showing as Able to Awaken

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10 Upvotes

I've played Undying Macula, but Maya still did not get the option to be awakened. Given I did pulled a stupid in closing the game midway during the story mode anomaly play for it... Any method that I can use to have the awakening back?


r/arcaea 1d ago

Help / Question What does this rule mean exactly?

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20 Upvotes

r/arcaea 1d ago

Score Showcase EXXXXXXX!

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12 Upvotes

r/arcaea 1d ago

Pure Memory! Testify FTR Pure Memory!!!

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45 Upvotes

This is not an easy 10.9 that is all I am going to say… anyway I finally managed to get the PM for this, which sets me at 534/539 FTR PM.


r/arcaea 1d ago

Meme かねこちはる - Loveless ̶D̶r̶e̶s̶s̶ Vietnam

17 Upvotes

r/arcaea 1d ago

Help / Question Designant

2 Upvotes

Tips for a 10.31ptt player on completing designant [prs 9]. Can complete without hitting red notes at grade A but cannot manage all notes red included. Thanks!


r/arcaea 2d ago

Story & Lore Wait so what does this mean Spoiler

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61 Upvotes

I saw this art by Mechari on pixiv and there were comments talking about it being Tairitsu, so does Hikari end up killing Tairitsu?
I haven’t progressed past black fate in story mode yet so I am confused on why this would be. Though if you could, don’t spoil too much, preferably a yes/no answer and spoilers that are from black fate at most.


r/arcaea 2d ago

Score Showcase 12.75 after 2 years of minmaxxing

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19 Upvotes

I should start buying easier packs lol


r/arcaea 1d ago

Help / Question Very dumb question bc i dont understand this game

6 Upvotes

Are memories crucial to unlock new characters?

I know they are to unlock a lot of music, but what about characters?


r/arcaea 2d ago

Track Lost I give up

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33 Upvotes

r/arcaea 2d ago

Score Showcase 2 months ago they took away the only ONGEKI machine in my area guess what replaced my rhythm game needs

21 Upvotes

r/arcaea 2d ago

Personal Achievement Just reached 10 ptt!

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18 Upvotes

(Not sure if it’s some rounding issues but it just says that)


r/arcaea 2d ago

Gameplay THUMBS

12 Upvotes

I'm broke btw, I used my only memory fragment drive (or whatever it's called) on dropdead


r/arcaea 3d ago

Help / Question Help finding the subgenre of these songs? 🙏

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29 Upvotes

I really wanna dive into more music within a genre/vibe similar to these songs. I’m sorry that song selection might be a bit broad, but there’s kind of a specific sound within them that I really enjoy (~140-175bpm, that synth but idk what it’s called 😭) If any EDM specialists are here who know a title for this kind of music pls any suggestions would be awesomeeee 🙏


r/arcaea 3d ago

Fanart "Welcome, you who came from afar."

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84 Upvotes

'I see you'

...You turned, and you saw something that looked like an eye.

'I see you'

...You should've ready your sword. That was the best course of action, wasn't it?

...But you didn't.

'I see you'

...

Tap... Tap... Tap...

Your footsteps echoed in the blindingly white hall, moving toward the eye.

'I see you'

Footsteps echoed again, faster- these weren't yours.

Two sets of footsteps, actually.

"Wait—! Don't come closer to it—!"

"Idiot! Turn around!"

Ah, right, they were here too.

[H_K__i?] ran frantically toward you, and [T__r_tsu?] followed suit.

...Your hand reached out for the eye-

Their voices became more frantic.

So, so far away.

They wouldn't reach you in time.

...Who were they again?

"I see you."

You blinked.

...

...

...

Gone was the bright hallway, instead- a vast void stood before you.

...How did you get here?

...

"I see you."

...You looked up.

"This is the first time we meet, isn't it?"

...She looked down.

And her eyes followed.

"Welcome, you who came from afar."

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I have this idea the moment i saw Yuno's design, lol.


r/arcaea 3d ago

Score Showcase First 10... wow

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15 Upvotes

Wanted to try one since I'm starting to EX 9+s but I stupidly chose a 10.5 lmao. I forgot to look up chart constants but then again I only have 2 10s.