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Alchemy Stars released a new trailer on 1 May, giving an overview of the Illumina Federation, the first stop on “The Alchemy Stars Express” pre-registration event! Get started on the virtual tour of the six factions in Astra and stand a chance to get a variety of luxury rewards, including Google Play Cards and Alchemy Stars Gift Box. Be sure to pre-register for the game through the website, Google Play, or the App Store.
The story of the game revolves around the planet Aurora, a planet of perpetual equinox, where it is always day on one side, and always night on the other. On the border between day and night, lies Astra, featuring moderate temperature, diurnal cycle, and adequate rainfall for descendants of ancient humans. Watch the trailer to learn more about the Illumina Federation! You’ll learn about the unique characteristics of the other five factions – “Umbraton” “R.W.” “Hidden Realm” “Eraveil”and “Lumopolis” – in the future.
As mentioned, The Alchemy Stars Express pre-registration event is ongoing, featuring Illumina Federation as its first stop. You can join in the online train journey on Twitter, to get an overview of the six factions on the Astra Continent. You’ll be able to visit the different stations (factions) every week during the event and learn more about the characters, their roles as well as the main roles of each state. Get your chance to encounter characters and get their postcards weekly.
With Vice, it’s time to set off on the Astra Continental Express “Alchemy Stars Express” into the unknown world of Astra!
- The Astra Continental Express “Alchemy Stars Express” and Ticket Released!
The “Alchemy Stars Express” is a virtual concept train that players can take to experience the Astra Continent.
Tencent Games released the conceptual drawing of the “Alchemy Stars Express” and the commemorative train ticket on Alchemy Stars’s official Twitter on April 30. Players can get the unique CDkey from the ticket that will be usable in the game.
Check the official Twitter page and keep the CDkey until it’s available.
- The train is approaching its first stop——Illumina Federation
Illumina is located in the underground city, Gannon. It’s a wonderous land featuring a clash of ancient and modern technology.
- Character encounter event (Conversational card games）
The event runs on Twitter from 4 May.
Choose the options below and tweet to get different responses (different character postcards)
To collect a postcard, fans will need to select a character from the weekly character introduction tweet. Once fans have chosen a character option, a tweet will be generated and they’ll receive their character postcard.
Each time a player collects a character postcard they’ll be entered and stand a chance to win a $25 Google Play gift card. At the end of the six-week pre-launch event, Players that have collected all 6 postcards and share them on Twitter using the event hashtag will be entered to win a limited edition Alchemy Stars gift box.
The Alchemy Stars Express event will run until 13 June. To recap, the rewards you can get from it are:
- In-game item (CDkey)
- Google Play Cards through retweeting faction trailer and participating in character encounter events
- Alchemy Stars Collection Box
- Participate in the Alchemy Stars Express event for six consecutive weeks. Share all the postcards you’ve collected to stand a chance to win yourself this gift box! Limited to 15 boxes total worldwide
Are you ready for your trip? Alchemy Stars is slated for a summer 2021 release. You can pre-register here.
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