# Atlas the new Elyria made better (released date 12/13/2018)
**URL:** https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/t/atlas-the-new-elyria-made-better-released-date-12-13-2018/10542
**Category:** GG Other Games
**Tags:** mmo, video, news, atlas, survival
**Created:** [December 9, 2018, 9:42pm UTC](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/t/atlas-the-new-elyria-made-better-released-date-12-13-2018/10542 "2018-12-09T21:42:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Terra](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/u/Terra)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2018, 10:58pm UTC](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/t/atlas-the-new-elyria-made-better-released-date-12-13-2018/10542/81 "2018-12-22T22:58:26Z")
Atlas twitter:
> Pathfinders! We’ve just released client patch v2.0 and our Official Servers are online too. Please restart your steam clients to download the update and you can get in game!
Dang, patching already and I don’t have the original downloaded yet. 🙂
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### Author:  [@haplessChimp](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/u/haplessChimp)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2018, 11:00pm UTC](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/t/atlas-the-new-elyria-made-better-released-date-12-13-2018/10542/82 "2018-12-22T23:00:49Z")
only a 500mb patch
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### Author:  [@haplessChimp](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/u/haplessChimp)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2018, 11:03pm UTC](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/t/atlas-the-new-elyria-made-better-released-date-12-13-2018/10542/83 "2018-12-22T23:03:56Z")
Servers are up only 1 NA pve server.
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### Author:  [@Terra](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/u/Terra)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2018, 11:05pm UTC](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/t/atlas-the-new-elyria-made-better-released-date-12-13-2018/10542/84 "2018-12-22T23:05:09Z")
Well that certainly makes the choice easier. 😛
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### Author:  [@haplessChimp](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/u/haplessChimp)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2018, 11:06pm UTC](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/t/atlas-the-new-elyria-made-better-released-date-12-13-2018/10542/85 "2018-12-22T23:06:41Z")
Also they are throttling server logins so may be in for a wait’
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### Author:  [@Petalwing](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/u/Petalwing)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2018, 11:15pm UTC](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/t/atlas-the-new-elyria-made-better-released-date-12-13-2018/10542/86 "2018-12-22T23:15:39Z")
Atlas devs just posted the dynamic maps for each server.
[https://map.playatlas.com/](https://map.playatlas.com/)
On the main site, they’ve got a list of official sites - reddit, Discord, etc. They also setup a Gamepedia wiki but there’s no info yet.
> **[Welcome to the Community!](https://www.playatlas.com/index.php?/atlas-news/welcome-to-the-community-r39/)**
>
> Ahoy Pathfinders! Ahoy and welcome to the ATLAS community forums! This forum will be home to all things ATLAS. You can expect to see routine updates from us on a regular basis covering the development progress of the game as we sail through Early...
[https://atlas.gamepedia.com/Atlas\_Wiki](https://atlas.gamepedia.com/Atlas_Wiki)
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### Author:  [@haplessChimp](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/u/haplessChimp)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2018, 11:20pm UTC](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/t/atlas-the-new-elyria-made-better-released-date-12-13-2018/10542/87 "2018-12-22T23:20:13Z")
just got on server , there are 16 spawn zones A6, A10 , C14 , D8 ,E4 ,E12, G7 , H13, I3 J9 , L5, L8, L12, M2, M7, M9 .
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### Author:  [@Terra](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/u/Terra)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2018, 11:22pm UTC](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/t/atlas-the-new-elyria-made-better-released-date-12-13-2018/10542/88 "2018-12-22T23:22:42Z")
On the NA PVE server Hydra’s Den, there’s currently 3 zones to choose from (Tropic, Tundra, Temperate)… so far I’m hearing from others that Tropic (eastern M7) was chosen to test out. Nothing definite yet, seems to be adding more zones as each fills up. Ugh, that will make it challenging to stay together
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### Author:  [@haplessChimp](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/u/haplessChimp)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2018, 11:25pm UTC](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/t/atlas-the-new-elyria-made-better-released-date-12-13-2018/10542/89 "2018-12-22T23:25:04Z")
They are actual Islands within the zones spread across the map. If we want to group up we need to decide on a specific spawn.
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### Author:  [@vanster](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/u/vanster)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2018, 11:26pm UTC](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/t/atlas-the-new-elyria-made-better-released-date-12-13-2018/10542/90 "2018-12-22T23:26:55Z")
I click join and they all say full or just time out…grrr
they show 0 / 150, 7 / 150, still just times out…
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### Author:  [@Terra](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/u/Terra)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2018, 11:28pm UTC](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/t/atlas-the-new-elyria-made-better-released-date-12-13-2018/10542/91 "2018-12-22T23:28:38Z")
Keep trying, they keep adding more zones as the hordes fill it up.
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### Author:  [@Terra](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/u/Terra)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2018, 11:53pm UTC](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/t/atlas-the-new-elyria-made-better-released-date-12-13-2018/10542/92 "2018-12-22T23:53:57Z")
SUMMARY/UPDATE FOR FOLKS JUST TUNING IN:
- The game servers went LIVE about an hour ago.
- Initial Steam purchasing was overloaded and failed for many the first hour but is working now ($24.99 until Jan 2nd).
- There are 2 EU servers and 2 NA servers. **Choose NA / PVE** (aka Hydra’s Den)
- Similar to ARK you will then choose a start area (Tropic, Temperate, Tundra, High Desert, Low Desert).
- **At the time of this post nothing is definite yet for OTG start area since there’s total chaos and timeouts in the starting zones. However, we do have some playing in the Tropic area so try to aim for that.** There are sub-spawn start zones within each climate zone, labeled with letters/numbers. Each can only hold 150 people at a time, which is causing the start zone chaos and timeouts.
- There is a #Atlas Discord text channel under GAME DEVELOPMENT where you can read additional OTG Atlas news.
- There is also currently a Discord voice channel hosted by Taramil (very bottom of Discord under TEMP-CHANNELS)
Good luck, and keep trying to get in. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Lilrich100302](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/u/Lilrich100302)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2018, 12:04am UTC](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/t/atlas-the-new-elyria-made-better-released-date-12-13-2018/10542/93 "2018-12-23T00:04:21Z")
If friends of yours are on the server and playing. you can force yourself into the game and server by joining them thru steam.
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### Author:  [@Petalwing](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/u/Petalwing)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2018, 12:04am UTC](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/t/atlas-the-new-elyria-made-better-released-date-12-13-2018/10542/94 "2018-12-23T00:04:32Z")
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Fix for connection issues underway.
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### Author:  [@Taramil](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/u/Taramil)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2018, 1:29am UTC](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/t/atlas-the-new-elyria-made-better-released-date-12-13-2018/10542/95 "2018-12-23T01:29:44Z")
what the zone selection look like right now. Getting can’t connect errors…
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### Author:  [@Petalwing](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/u/Petalwing)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2018, 2:34am UTC](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/t/atlas-the-new-elyria-made-better-released-date-12-13-2018/10542/96 "2018-12-23T02:34:01Z")
Dedicated server info:
> **[DAY ONE!](https://www.playatlas.com/index.php?/announcement/6-day-one/)**
>
> Ahoy Pathfinders! There are a few details youll need to be aware of over the next 24 hours or so. Currently, the team is working on deploying our entire Official Network for the public, due to the size we expect this to take approximately between 30...
[https://www.survivalservers.com/wiki/index.php?title=How\_to\_Create\_an\_Atlas\_Dedicated\_Server\_Guide](https://www.survivalservers.com/wiki/index.php?title=How_to_Create_an_Atlas_Dedicated_Server_Guide)
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### Author:  [@Darknstormy](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/u/Darknstormy)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2018, 2:49am UTC](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/t/atlas-the-new-elyria-made-better-released-date-12-13-2018/10542/97 "2018-12-23T02:49:51Z")
Servers appear to be up!..and all full. New 3.0 patch.
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### Author:  [@Terra](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/u/Terra)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2018, 3:48am UTC](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/t/atlas-the-new-elyria-made-better-released-date-12-13-2018/10542/98 "2018-12-23T03:48:17Z")
Well hopefully by tomorrow they will have most of the startup kinks worked out. Even though it’s a typical rough beginning it’s a good sign that so many gamers are looking forward to ~~escaping from holiday relatives~~ having fun with a new game.
There will eventually be some private servers setup by OTG members with different rulesets and mods and such, much like ARK. So if being on a massive 40k server with a mix of good folks and asshats is too overwhelming, there will be calmer server options down the road.
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### Author:  [@Terra](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/u/Terra)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2018, 7:29am UTC](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/t/atlas-the-new-elyria-made-better-released-date-12-13-2018/10542/99 "2018-12-23T07:29:25Z")
If anyone is still awake at this hour, they added a lot more starting areas and the player counts for each are reasonable now.
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### Author:  [@brohawk](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/u/brohawk)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2018, 7:31am UTC](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/t/atlas-the-new-elyria-made-better-released-date-12-13-2018/10542/100 "2018-12-23T07:31:07Z")
The lag and rubberbanding was too much for me. Maybe in a month or so.
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