Everything about Aether Chronicles
Aether Chronicles is a free dark fantasy trading card game you play in your browser, with an iPhone app on the way. Collect cards across six elements, build a deck, and fight across three lanes until one side's Soul Points run out. This guide covers all of it, from your first match to the ranked ladder.
New to Aether? Start with these
Four pages take you from a first launch to winning your first matches.
1. Getting Started
Making an account, the intro and tutorial, a tour of the hub, and what to do on day one.
2. How to Play
Aether, Soul Points, the three lanes, combat, the element wheel and the turn order.
3. Deckbuilding
Deck rules, Auto-build, picking elements and building a deck that wins.
4. Best Decks
Four tested decks with codes you can paste into the game, including a budget deck. The top one beat the game's Boss decks 99% of the time.
The six elements
Every card belongs to one element. Four of them form a wheel where each beats the next and hits it for 1.25× damage. Light and Shadow sit outside the wheel and tear at each other.
Fire
Wind
Earth
Water
Light
Shadow
Explore the guide
Everything in the game, one page per topic.
Keywords & Statuses
All 29 keywords in the game's own words, with how each one really behaves in combat.
Cards Explained
Summons, Spells, Events and Sigils, reading a card, rarities and alt art.
Card Database
Search all 1,209 cards by name, rules text, set, element, rarity, cost and keyword.
Game Modes
Practice, Puzzles, Daily Trial, Dungeon Delve, Tournament, Ranked, Quick Match, Draft and co-op.
Story Campaign
The chronicle chapter by chapter, its characters, and what clearing it earns you.
Progression & Ranked
Levels, the Covenant season track, daily rewards, achievements, titles and every ranked tier.
Shop & Economy
Coins, gems and Motes, every pack and its odds, pity counters, crafting and tins.
Card Sets
All 24 sets from Aetherfall to Dunemere: themes, mechanics and standout cards.
Strategy Tips
Element identities, lane placement, combat math, walls, when to Tithe, and how to beat the AI.
Cosmetics
Sleeves, playmats, avatars, titles, emotes, deck boxes, alt art and the Hallowfall event.
Friends & Social
Your account, adding friends, challenges, messages, the leaderboard, your profile and settings.
FAQ & Glossary
Quick answers on platforms, gems, ranked and cards, plus every game term explained.
Free to play, fair to collect
Aether Chronicles gives you a free pack every day, and every pack pays toward a guarantee: a Legendary within 110 cards and a Mythic within 250. Duplicates shatter into Motes, which craft any card you want, so nothing you open is wasted.
Read Shop & Economy for every pack, the exact odds and how to spend wisely.
