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.
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.
- Go to any post in this subreddit (including this one)
- Type in
!ptt XX.XX (where XX.XX is the potential value you want assigned).
- Note that the requested potential must be in the range of your existing potential flair.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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).
- If your potential progresses beyond the range, you must assign the correct potential flair, and start over from step one.
- 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.
- 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.
