Aranock Online
Aranock Online is a free-to-play MMORPG built on technology derived from the Mercenaries of Astonia engine. It focuses on exploration, questing, PvP challenges, and a steady stream of community-run events that are shaped and overseen by players acting as moderators.
| Publisher: Odysseus Playerbase: Low Type: MMORPG Release Date: May 30, 2007 Pros: +Community-hosted events with active moderation. +A mix of classes and rank progression. +Crafting for equipment and consumables. Cons: -No audio support. -Visuals can be hard to read at a glance. -Small on-screen text. |
Aranock Online Overview
Aranock Online is a classic-style MMORPG that carries forward the feel of Astonia and Astonia V2 (also known as Mercenaries of Astonia), while being maintained as a community-driven project. You pick a class with its own toolkit, including options like the Templar and the Sorcerer, then advance through levels and earn higher ranks over time, such as Baron or Warlord. The world is spread across varied regions and is navigated with a point-and-click movement style that keeps the pacing straightforward and menu-light.
Moment to moment play centers on taking quests, earning experience, and gathering loot while fighting through groups of unusual monsters. Crafting plays a meaningful role, letting you turn collected materials into stronger weapons, sturdier armor, and useful potions that enhance stats. Social systems also matter, because clans provide a way to group for harder objectives and to participate in structured relationships like mentor and mentee. For competitive players there are arenas and larger-scale clan wars, and for anyone who enjoys roleplay-adjacent MMO experiences, player moderators regularly run special events that can feel closer to a tabletop campaign session than a scripted theme park questline.
Aranock Online Key Features:
- Variety of Classes – select from different approaches to combat, including physical and magical styles, each with its own set of abilities.
- Multiple Biomes – travel across distinct environments, including harsher zones like mountains and deserts, each with its own enemies.
- Complete Quests – finish tasks for rewards and experience, with tougher assignments generally offering better payoffs.
- Craft Gear – combine gathered items into improved arms and armor, plus potions that can boost your character’s stats.
- Unique Events – take part in community-created activities that are hosted and supervised by individual moderators.
Aranock Online Screenshots
Aranock Online Featured Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rSjEklKoKg (video to be added shortly)
Aranock Online Review
Full review will be published soon.
Aranock Online Links
Official Aranock Online Website
Aranock Online Community Forums [Official]
Aranock Online Forums Archive [Retired]
Aranock Online Player Guides
Mercenaries of Astonia Facebook Page
Aranock Online System Requirements
Minimum Requirements:
Operating System: Windows XP / Vista
CPU: Any 1 GHz processor
Video Card: Any GPU with 256 MB Video Ram
RAM: 512 MB
Hard Disk Space: 60 MB
Recommended Requirements:
Operating System: Windows 7
CPU: Any 1 GHz processor or better
Video Card: Any GPU with 256 MB Video Ram
RAM: 1 GB
Hard Disk Space: 60 MB
Aranock Online Music & Soundtrack
Music details will be added soon.
Aranock Online Additional Information
Developer(s): Odysseus, Ravhin, Lancelot, Danny, Jasmine (individuals)
Publisher(s): Self-published
Platform(s): PC
Game Engine: Custom in-house, based off of Mercenaries of Astonia (developed by Daniel Brockhaus)
Full Release Date: May 30, 2007
Development History / Background:
Aranock Online is a free-to-play MMORPG created using an engine lineage that traces back to the Astonia MMORPG by Daniel Brockhaus. Following the shutdown and retirement of Mercenaries of Astonia, a group of dedicated individuals, including Odysseus, Ravhin, Lancelot, Danny, and Jasmine, continued evolving that style of game into a standalone community project. The result launched publicly in May 2007, aiming to keep the familiar gameplay loop alive while giving the remaining player community a place to grow and organize around events, updates, and ongoing development.

